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Oil drops 1% as rising coronavirus cases end supply-led rally
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Monday, extending losses that last week ended a rally driven by production cuts and strong Chinese demand, with the market's recovery outlook being called into que...
Jan 17, 2021
China’s fourth quarter GDP grows 6.5% year-on-year, beats expectations as recovery gains momentum
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic recovery beat analyst expectations in the fourth quarter, expanding 6.5% from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. The gro...
Jan 17, 2021
China industrial output rises 7.3% year-on-year in December; retail sales miss forecast
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial output rose at a faster-than-expected rate of 7.3% in December from a year ago, data showed on Monday, expanding for the ninth straight month as the vast manufac...
Jan 17, 2021
Dollar pokes higher as U.S. soft data sours mood; China GDP in focus
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar held late-week gains on Monday as softening U.S. economic data and rising coronavirus cases turned investors cautious. Against a basket of currencies the dollar hovere...
Jan 17, 2021
Japan manufacturers’ sentiment stabilises in Jan, services weaken: Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers stabilised in January to the least pessimistic in more than a year from the impact of COVID-19, but service firms grew gloom...
Jan 17, 2021
Asia shares step back, await China economic update
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets retreated from highs on Monday as disappointing news on U.S. consumer spending tempered risk sentiment ahead of a closely-watched reading on the he...
Jan 17, 2021
UK vacancies for remote workers triple in a year: consultancy
LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for remote workers in Britain tripled over the course of 2020 as businesses grew more willing to let staff work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, figures from a recr...
Jan 17, 2021
Biden to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day in office: CBC
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, CBC News reported on Sunday, citing sources. A briefin...
Jan 17, 2021
China’s economic recovery to quicken in fourth quarter, herald stronger 2021
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic recovery likely accelerated in the fourth quarter, driven by stronger demand at home and abroad and policy stimulus which is expected to provide a sol...
Jan 17, 2021
Syria says will import more fuel to cover shortfalls hit by sanctions
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria said on Sunday it would import more crude oil to cover fuel shortages it blames on Western sanctions that disrupted regular Iranian oil shipments that ha...
Jan 17, 2021
