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European new car sales drop by 13.5% y/y in November – ACEA
BERLIN (Reuters) - European car registrations dropped in November, declining for the second month in row, industry data showed on Thursday, as measures to restrict a second coronavirus wave hit sales ...
Dec 17, 2020
Top Toshiba investor calls for emergency shareholder meeting to investigate July AGM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's top investor has called for an emergency shareholders meeting to investigate an annual general meeting (AGM) that was held in July at which it says several shareholder...
Dec 17, 2020
Saudi economy shrinks 4.6% in third quarter as oil sector takes a hit
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's economy shrank more slowly in the third quarter as the government eased some coronavirus restrictions but the pandemic-hit oil sector continued to weigh on the broader...
Dec 17, 2020
United States hopes for trade deal with UK, Trump’s trade chief says – BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States is hopeful of sealing a mini-trade deal with the United Kingdom to reduce tariffs, President Donald Trump's trade chief, Robert Lighthizer, told the BBC. Lighthize...
Dec 17, 2020
In rare move, Japan sells gold to fill budget hole
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has sold 80 tons of gold used for minting coins to another arm of the government to fund part of its huge stimulus package to combat the coronavirus crisis...
Dec 17, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. warns Pacific islands about Chinese bid for undersea cable project – sources
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States has warned Pacific island nations about security threats posed by a Chinese company's cut-price bid to build an undersea internet cable, two so...
Dec 17, 2020
Novartis to buy neuroscience company Cadent for up to $770 million
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said on Thursday it had entered into an agreement to acquire U.S.-based neuroscience company Cadent for up to $770 million, gaining full rights to Cadent's neuroscience por...
Dec 17, 2020
Macron and the moguls: Inside the fight over a ‘French Fox News’
By Michel Rose, Gwnalle Barzic and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Behind the corporate battle for French media company Lagardere, there's a political tug-of-war involving the country's richest man...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. airlines closing in on new government assistance package
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airlines are on the brink of receiving a four-month extension of a government assistance program that is expected to provide ...
Dec 17, 2020
Hong Kong take-private deals set to pick up pace after hitting three-year high in 2020
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Deals to take Hong Kong-listed companies private are set to accelerate next year, having already hit a three-year peak in 2020, as family-owned and other businesses re...
Dec 17, 2020
