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Oil prices rise as producers agree on supply compromise
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Friday, heading for a fifth week of gains, after major producers agreed to continue to restrain production to cope with coronavirus-hit demand but the compromise f...
Dec 03, 2020
Uber asks U.S. CDC to consider ride-hail drivers essential for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to designate its ride-hail and delivery drivers as non-health essential workers entitled for ear...
Dec 03, 2020
Trump administration encourages offshore drilling in final energy push
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement, which overseas offshore oil and gas production, said it will consider lower royalty payments for pro...
Dec 03, 2020
Sterling in for bumpy December before gaining in 2021: Reuters Poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling could be in for a bumpy December as Britain's informal membership of the European Union expires at the end of the year and the two sides have yet to agree...
Dec 03, 2020
Euro heading for the heavens as dollar enters purgatory
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - The euro was headed for its best week in a month on Friday and has blown past major resistance levels as investors piled into bets the U.S. dollar has further to fa...
Dec 03, 2020
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo raising blank-check acquisition vehicle: sources
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has hired an investment bank to raise funds in an initial public offering for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), one of t...
Dec 03, 2020
S&P confirms Mexico credit rating, keeps negative outlook
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings confirmed Mexico's investment grade credit rating on Wednesday, saying that despite a record hit to the economy from the coronavirus pandemic, the government...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. energy storage firm Stem nears $1.35 billion deal to go public: sources
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - U.S. artificial intelligence-driven energy storage company Stem Inc is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition company Star Peak Energy...
Dec 03, 2020
Asia stocks set for small gains as U.S. advances fiscal stimulus
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Asia geared up for modest stock gains on Friday as U.S. legislators wrangled over a fiscal stimulus and negotiations over a Brexit trade deal cont...
Dec 03, 2020
Top AI ethics researcher says Google fired her; company denies it
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - A top Google scientist on ethical artificial intelligence says she was fired after criticizing the company's diversity efforts, a claim th...
Dec 03, 2020
