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Brits rush to supermarkets ahead of Christmas as borders close
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons rushed to supermarkets on Monday to stock up for Christmas after stricter pandemic rules meant last-minute changes to their plans and as countries closed borders to Britain,...
Dec 21, 2020
Factbox-What’s in the U.S. COVID-19 bill? Unemployment, $600 checks, ‘three martini lunch’ deduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavi...
Dec 21, 2020
Euro zone consumer confidence rises to -13.9 in December
(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence rose by 3.7 points in December from the November number, figures released on Monday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate showed euro zone con...
Dec 21, 2020
Biden names additional members of National Economic Council
(Reuters) - U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden on Monday named additional people to join the National Economic Council, his transition team said in a statement. David Kamin will be the NEC Deputy Director...
Dec 21, 2020
IBM to buy European cloud startup Nordcloud
(Reuters) - International Business Machines will acquire European startup Nordcloud, the latest in a series of acquisitions for the 109-year old firm preparing a mega spin-off to focus on cloud comput...
Dec 21, 2020
Air transport in turmoil as flights from UK banned
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain, prompting ai...
Dec 21, 2020
Mnuchin: money from U.S. coronavirus relief bill could go out next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal aid funds meant to help Americans cope with the economic effects of the global pandemic could go out next week, after a relief deal makes its way through Congress to Pre...
Dec 21, 2020
Aramco to bring Google Cloud services to Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco Development Co, a subsidiary of Aramco, has teamed up with Google Cloud to offer cloud services to customers in Saudi Arabia, Aramco said on Monday. Saudi Arabia, under ...
Dec 21, 2020
Egypt needs to do more to help private sector, World Bank says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's private sector has been blocked from taking on a bigger role in the economy despite aggressive macroeconomic reforms over the last four years, and government help is needed, ...
Dec 21, 2020
Britain stands by Brexit transition period ending on Dec. 31, PM’s spokesman says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will end a transition period with the European Union on Dec. 31, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, after Scotland's first minister called on the l...
Dec 21, 2020
