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Thanksgiving weekend sees 44% more online-only shoppers: NRF
(Reuters) - The number of online-only shoppers jumped 44% during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the United States to 95.7 million, the National Retail Federation said on Tuesday, even as the over...
Dec 01, 2020
Bank of England cannot ignore history of slavery, governor says
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England should not brush aside links that some of its early governors had with the slave trade, because the central bank still derives influence from its 326-year histor...
Dec 01, 2020
Biden’s economic picks signal focus on COVID labor crisis
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has named inequality and labor market specialists as leaders in his economics team, suggesting he may prioritize progressive policies aimed at w...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. factory activity slows as COVID-19 infections accelerate
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in November, with new orders retreating from their highest level in nearly 17 years, as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases acros...
Dec 01, 2020
Delegates gloomy as final fish talks open at WTO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A final round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization on cutting fisheries subsidies opened on Tuesday with some delegates seeing little hope for a deal by a 2...
Dec 01, 2020
Tesla CEO says electric cars will double global electricity demand
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that electricity consumption will double if the world's car fleets are electrified, increasing the need to expand nuclear, solar, ...
Dec 01, 2020
London determined to stay top in euro derivatives clearing, LSE says
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The City of London is determined to make sure that it remains the top centre for clearing euro-denominated financial derivatives, a senior London Stock Exchange officia...
Dec 01, 2020
English pub payment plan draws scorn from landlords
By Paul Sandle and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will make a one-off payment of 1,000 pounds ($1,335) to pubs that cannot open due to coronavirus restrictions, but industry ...
Dec 01, 2020
Amazon cloud head says COVID-19 accelerated cloud adoption by years
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's cloud head Andy Jassy said on Tuesday the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud adoption by companies by several years. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil)
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. construction spending rebounds strongly in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending increased more than expected in October, boosted by solid gains in investment in both private- and public-sector projects. The Commerce Department sai...
Dec 01, 2020
