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Japan tightens procurement rules after outcry over COVID relief spending
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade ministry unveiled a raft of public procurement reforms on Friday following an outcry over a deal to disburse coronavirus relief to struggling busin...
Dec 25, 2020
China issues draft rules on bank units’ sales of wealth management products
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking and insurance regulator issued draft guidelines on Friday on sales of wealth management products by commercial banks' wealth management subsidiaries. China will all...
Dec 25, 2020
Tokyo Stock Exchange moves to weed out tiny firms from Topix, start new index
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Friday it will gradually remove companies with market capitalisation of less than 10 billion yen ($96.59 million), or about 1 percent of all listed s...
Dec 25, 2020
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by mid-2030s, boost green growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday in a plan to reach net zero carbon emissions and generate nearly $2 trillion a y...
Dec 25, 2020
Japan November factory output seen rising for sixth month, outlook dims: Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output likely grew for a sixth straight month in November in a sign of gradual recovery in factory activity, although a recent resurgence in C...
Dec 24, 2020
Pound off 2-1/2-year peak after Brexit deal, U.S. stimulus in limbo
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The pound hovered below a 2-1/2-year high on Friday after Britain and the European Union struck a narrow Brexit trade deal, while overall sentiment in currency marke...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. hedge fund Farallon seeks Toshiba extraordinary shareholders meeting
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Farallon Capital Management said on Friday it has asked Toshiba Corp to convene an extraordinary shareholders meeting over the Japanese industrial conglomerate's inve...
Dec 24, 2020
Tokyo December core consumer prices fall at fastest pace in over 10 years
TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo dropped at the fastest pace in more than a decade in December while Japan's jobs market remained subdued in November, raising the risks of a return to d...
Dec 24, 2020
Analysis: Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's trade agreement with the European Union removes a 4-1/2-year old fear of crashing out of the bloc without trading arrangements in place, but it will take U...
Dec 24, 2020
United Airlines to require negative COVID-19 tests for travel from Britain
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Thursday that passengers on its flights from London Heathrow to the United States must present a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of departure b...
Dec 24, 2020
