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Expo organisers prepare to hold Dubai event delayed by coronavirus
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - The organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai said on Saturday they are committed to hosting the event which was postponed for a year due to coronavirus, but are ready for ...
Jan 16, 2021
UK eyes one-off COVID-19 grant instead of permanent benefit hike: Times
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak has proposed giving a one-off 500 pound ($679) grant to recipients of the country's main unemployment and wage support benefit instead of extend...
Jan 16, 2021
U.S. says Vietnam’s currency actions ‘unreasonable’ but holds off on tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday Vietnam's actions to push down the value of its currency are "unreasonable" and restrict U.S. commerce, bu...
Jan 16, 2021
Turkey announces $18.5 billion public investment programme for 2021
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has announced a 2021 public investment programme worth 138.5 billion lira ($18.53 billion), with communication and transportation projects receiving the largest allocation of...
Jan 16, 2021
Failed French supermarket deal unlikely to dampen ambitions of Canada’s Bouchard
By Allison Lampert and Kevin Dougherty MONTREAL/QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Political opposition that killed Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard's $20 billion bid for French retai...
Jan 16, 2021
GM to invest C$1 billion in Canada plant to manufacture electric vans
(Reuters) - General Motors Co and labor union Unifor said on Friday they have reached a tentative deal for the automaker to invest nearly C$1 billion ($785.42 million) in its CAMI Assembly Plant in In...
Jan 15, 2021
Credit card firm Capital One fined for violating U.S. anti-money laundering law
(Reuters) - Credit card firm Capital One Financial Corp has been fined $390 million for engaging in what the U.S. government called willful and negligent violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, an anti-mo...
Jan 15, 2021
After long journey, Fiat Chrysler and PSA to seal merger to become Stellantis
MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler and PSA will seal their long-awaited merger on Saturday to create Stellantis, the world's fourth-largest auto group with deep enough pockets to fund the shift to electr...
Jan 15, 2021
Trump directs government to minimize procurement from China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In another action against China days before he leaves office, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday directed government departments to look at ways to minimize procurement of Ch...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. Treasury begins distributing $15 billion in payroll aid to airlines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday began distributing $15 billion in new payroll assistance to airlines approved by Congress under similar conditions to an earlier round of ...
Jan 15, 2021
