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Rio Tinto board could face pressure on Indigenous broken promise claim
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson is set to face further pressure over the board's handling of the destruction of sacred rock shelters in Australia after an Indigenous group accu...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen to meet financial regulators Thursday to discuss volatility
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet top financial regulators on Thursday to discuss recent volatility in financial markets driven by trading in stocks, including GameStop Corp, ...
Feb 03, 2021
Ford Motor terminates electric vehicle plans with China’s Zotye
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor has decided to terminate plans to launch electric vehicle joint ventures with China's Zotye Automobile, the U.S. auto giant said on Thursday. It said that China's elect...
Feb 03, 2021
Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc's Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of...
Feb 03, 2021
Alibaba sets initial price guidance on $5 billion bond offering: term sheet
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Thursday set in motion its $5 billion U.S. dollar bond deal by announcing the initial price guidance in a marketing term sheet revie...
Feb 03, 2021
Oil rises after OPEC+ alliance of major producers maintains oil output cuts
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Thursday after the OPEC+ alliance of major producers stuck to a reduced output policy at a meeting on Wednesday, and as crude sto...
Feb 03, 2021
McKinsey settles for $573 million over role in opioid crisis: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consulting firm McKinsey has agreed to pay $573 million to settle investigations into its role in helping boost opioid sales, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. (Reportin...
Feb 03, 2021
Dollar holds gains on optimism for economic outlook
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar traded near its strongest in more than two months against the euro and the yen on Thursday as pessimism about the U.S. economic outlook recedes before the...
Feb 03, 2021
Asian stocks ease as caution persists despite calmer markets
By Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks came under pressure on Thursday as a mixed Wall Street session gave investors few immediate reasons to increase their risk positions following the rece...
Feb 03, 2021
Bank of England to focus on recovery hopes even as lockdown drags on
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England on Thursday is likely to set its sights on the prospects of economic recovery later this year, and any backing it gives to the idea of negat...
Feb 03, 2021
