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Northern Ireland looks south as Brexit takes bite out of UK trade links
By Padraic Halpin and Kate Holton DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - As a major supplier of food in Northern Ireland, Lynas Foodservice is sourcing more goods such as cheese from across the open border with EU...
Dec 23, 2020
Asia’s capital markets to focus on vaccine in 2021, say bankers
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - A coronavirus vaccine trade could emerge in Asia's capital markets in 2021 with dealmakers confident the record-breaking pace of raisings in the past year should...
Dec 23, 2020
Analysis: Investors bet weak dollar will keep risk rally going in 2021
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are counting on a weakening dollar to boost rallies in everything from U.S. stocks to emerging markets and industrial metals in 2021. Record-low U.S...
Dec 23, 2020
Empty stores and offices: how Sweden aims to plug housing gap
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden may have too many shops and offices after the pandemic. It doesn't have enough homes. It spies an opportunity. A seismic shift towards online shopping and...
Dec 23, 2020
Australia’s goods trade surplus hits 2-year lows on China trade tensions
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's trade surplus for goods fell to a two-year low in November hit by a slump in exports to top trading partner China, which imposed a number of restrictions in an escalatin...
Dec 23, 2020
Malaysia launches 10-year tourism plan after $25 billion loss in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Wednesday launched a 10-year plan to restart its battered tourism sector, which is estimated to have lost more than 100 billion ringgit ($24.61 billion) this year ...
Dec 22, 2020
LG Electronics, Magna to set up $1 billion JV to make electric car gear
TORONTO/SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea-based LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday it has agreed to set up a $1 billion joint venture (JV) with automotive supplier Magna International Inc. The JV, tenta...
Dec 22, 2020
Asian business confidence gains steam, pandemic still top risk: Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian firms turned most optimistic in the fourth quarter this year, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, as business activity picked up in the region and COVI...
Dec 22, 2020
Kitchen equipment piles up as pandemic shutters Japan’s restaurants
By Akira Tomoshige and Hideto Sakai YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - A truck laden with kitchen sinks, cutlery, pots and pans pulls up to a warehouse in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and workers begin to unloa...
Dec 22, 2020
Oil falls on surprise build in U.S. crude stocks, Trump threat to U.S. relief spending
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil fell in early trade on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude oil stocks rose last week, defying expectations for a decline, and U.S. President Donald...
Dec 22, 2020
