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Designing success: Diane von Furstenberg’s A-Z book of advice
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diane von Furstenberg was working on a new book, "Own It: The Secret to Life," when the pandemic began. Suddenly, the fashion designer's words of wisdom and ...
Feb 03, 2021
Trade to be part of Biden’s China strategy, not driving force: ex-USTR official
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - Trade will be a part of President Joe Biden's overall negotiation policy with China, but it won't be the driving force in Sino-U.S. relations, as it was under former Pre...
Feb 02, 2021
India’s Future to challenge court order blocking its retail deal in dispute with Amazon: source
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Future Group will challenge a New Delhi court order that has blocked its $3.4 billion retail assets sale on objections of business partner Amazon.com Inc, a source told R...
Feb 02, 2021
Lenovo third-quarter profit tops expectations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group, the world's biggest maker of personal computers, posted on Wednesday a bigger-than-expected 53% rise in third-quarter profit, helped by robust demand from pe...
Feb 02, 2021
Tencent fires 100 employees, blacklists 37 firms in anti-graft campaign
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday named 37 companies it had blacklisted from future contracts and said it has fired more than 100 staff over embezzlement and bribery incidents. Te...
Feb 02, 2021
Rights groups, lawmakers urge reversal of Trump’s sanctions reprieve for Israeli magnate
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 30 Congolese and international human rights groups and several U.S. lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to reverse a last-minute move by th...
Feb 02, 2021
BOJ’s March review to seek effective ways to deal with shocks, says deputy governor Wakatabe
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's policy examination in March will discuss measures to ensure it can deal with any future shocks to the economy "effectively" and in a timely fashio...
Feb 02, 2021
Microsoft backs Australia’s proposed media laws targeting Google, Facebook
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it fully supported proposed new laws in Australia that would force internet giant Google and social media heavyweight Facebook Inc to pay domestic media ou...
Feb 02, 2021
Nissan suspends some truck production in Mississippi due to chip shortage
(Reuters) - Nissan Motor has suspended some truck production in the U.S. state of Mississippi due to a shortage of chips, a Nissan USA spokeswoman said. The Japanese automaker has had to make short-te...
Feb 02, 2021
Alibaba plans up to $5 billion U.S.-dollar bond issuance: term sheet
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Wednesday it is planning a U.S. dollar-denominated bond sale. The company aims to raise up to $5 billion in the offering...
Feb 02, 2021
