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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says privatizations, tax reform, central bank independence are priorities
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday his legislative agenda priorities are the privatization of state companies, central bank independence, and administrative and t...
Feb 03, 2021
Bayer reaches $2 billion deal over future Roundup cancer claims
By Tom Hals and Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve future legal claims that its widely used weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the German company said on Wednesday. Ba...
Feb 03, 2021
U.S. mortgage funds see highest inflows in a year in January
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) - Money flows into U.S. mortgage funds climbed to a 1-year high in January, according to Refinitiv data, bolstered by lower interest rates and hopes of a faster e...
Feb 03, 2021
Brazil’s Vale, Minas Gerais state move closer to settlement for 2019 disaster
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Authorities in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais have defined the potential terms of a settlement with miner Vale SA, they said on Wednesday, a move that could bring the i...
Feb 03, 2021
Fed’s Bullard sees ‘very strong’ U.S. economic growth as pandemic eases in 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic should ease over the first half of the year and give way to "very strong" U.S. economic growth during 2021, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said o...
Feb 03, 2021
Number of GameStop shares shorted edges higher: S3 Partners
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of GameStop shares shorted edged higher as the video game retailer's stock price tumbled on Tuesday, according to the latest data from analytics firm S3 Partners. The n...
Feb 03, 2021
Most U.S. small businesses took sales hit due to pandemic, Fed survey finds
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The vast majority of U.S. small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned businesses struggling the most a...
Feb 03, 2021
Exclusive: Dire unemployment forecast demands ‘immediate action’ – White House advisers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top White House economists on Wednesday pushed back against overly rosy interpretations of the Congressional Budget Office's economic forecasts, and called ...
Feb 03, 2021
Exclusive-GM hit by chip shortage, to cut production at four plants
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co became the latest automaker hit by the global shortage of semiconductor chips as the U.S. automaker said on Wednesday it will take down production ...
Feb 03, 2021
Exclusive: UK to lead G7 discussion on COVID economic recovery on February 12
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will chair a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven rich nations on Feb. 12 to try to map a way out of the glob...
Feb 03, 2021
