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China central bank urges wider acceptance of cash as payments go digital
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank has called for wider acceptance of cash in economic activities and vowed to punish those who refuse to accept cash payments in the wake of a widening gap in ac...
Dec 15, 2020
Volkswagen shares gain as CEO gets backing from supervisory board
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in Volkswagen rose as much as 3.7% on Tuesday after the carmaker said its CEO had the full support of its supervisory board, temporarily ending a power struggle over the m...
Dec 15, 2020
Pop the bubbly? Spain’s cava takes milder pandemic punch than expected
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - With bars and restaurants shut for months in parts of Spain and tourism drying up due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country's 1.2 billion-euro ($1.46 billion) cav...
Dec 15, 2020
Spain’s Reig Jofre to manufacture J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine in Barcelona
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish pharmaceutical company Reig Jofre said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to produce the U.S. company's experimental COVID-19 vaccine at its pl...
Dec 15, 2020
UK PM Johnson to visit India in January to strengthen trade ties
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January, his first bilateral visit since taking office, to try to strengthen trade and investment ties and work together...
Dec 15, 2020
European shares steady as rising virus cases lead to tighter curbs
(Reuters) - European shares were trading flat on Tuesday as rising COVID-19 cases forced tighter curbs across the continent, denting optimism from vaccine roll-outs and hopes of an eventual Brexit tra...
Dec 15, 2020
French and Dutch securities watchdogs urge crackdown on “greenwashing”
LONDON (Reuters) - European Union rules are needed to prevent "greenwashing" or inaccurate claims that investments are sustainable and climate-friendly, French and Dutch securities regulators said on ...
Dec 15, 2020
JD Sports buys Shoe Palace for $325 million to expand U.S. footprint
(Reuters) - Britain's biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports said on Tuesday it had acquired U.S.-based shoe retailer Shoe Palace for $325 million. The company said the deal would expand its footprint ...
Dec 15, 2020
Britain needs EU to move for mutually beneficial trade deal, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will need to move in negotiations but it is in the interests of both Britain and the bloc to get a trade deal, British minister Steve Barclay said on Tuesday. "Th...
Dec 15, 2020
Mahindra’s Ssangyong misses $55 million loan repayment to Bank of America, others
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Automaker Mahindra & Mahindra's South Korean unit Ssangyong Motor Co has defaulted on loan repayment of about 60 billion won ($55 million), the Indian company said in a statement...
Dec 15, 2020
