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Bank of England adapts bank stress test for pandemic era
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Wednesday the aim of its banking stress test this year is to check if banks can continue helping the economy during the pandemic and if a re...
Jan 20, 2021
Bahrain to raise $2 billion in bond sale after deficit spike
By Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain is expected to raise $2 billion in a three-tranche bond sale on Wednesday, a document showed, after the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices exacerbated its...
Jan 20, 2021
EU hails Biden’s ‘new dawn’ but wants tough tech rules
By Robin Emmott and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union hailed Joe Biden's inauguration later on Wednesday as U.S. president as a "new dawn" for Europe and the United States, whi...
Jan 20, 2021
China worries about lagging consumption as broader economy shakes off COVID
By Gabriel Crossley and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China will be looking to tweak its economic policies to get consumers to spend more, policy advisers in Beijing said after retail sales emerged as...
Jan 20, 2021
Luxury stocks, ASML lift European shares in early trading
(Reuters) - European stocks rose on Wednesday after Swiss luxury group Richemont and chip equipment maker ASML gave encouraging earnings updates, while investors hoped for a big U.S. fiscal relief pac...
Jan 20, 2021
Silicon Valley CEOs cannot lay down the law, EU chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's chief executive hailed on Wednesday as a new dawn Joe Biden's term as U.S. president but warned that the bloc would strive to regulate American technology com...
Jan 20, 2021
Google investigates ethical AI team member over handling of sensitive data
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team and has locked the corporate account linked to that person after finding that thousands of files ...
Jan 20, 2021
Exclusive: Alibaba-backed logistics firm Best weighs sale in strategic review – sources
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - New York-listed Best Inc, a Chinese logistics firm backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is considering a sale as part of a strategic rev...
Jan 20, 2021
UK inflation up on travel costs in December lockdown reprieve
LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation gathered speed in December as a temporary easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions helped to push up air and sea fares and a rise in global oil prices made fuel more...
Jan 20, 2021
Trump pardons former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had given a full pardon to a former Google engineer sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he ...
Jan 20, 2021
