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U.S. insurers dig into corporate diversity practices as lawsuits pile up
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - U.S. insurers are taking a closer look at the recruiting and succession practices of corporate customers, worried about mounting lawsuits over a lack of diversity among t...
Nov 30, 2020
Global funds make U-turn and favour equities on vaccine hopes: Reuters poll
By Rahul Karunakar and Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds made a U-turn this month and recommended the highest equities exposure since February on recent COVID-19 vaccine progress, with ...
Nov 30, 2020
Chile says manufacturing up 6.2% in October, copper production dips
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's manufacturing output jumped 6.2% in October, government statistics agency INE said on Monday, while its copper output sagged slightly. The world's top copper producer saw ...
Nov 30, 2020
Amazon, Apple stay away from new French initiative to set principles for Big Tech
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants Amazon and Apple have not signed up to a new French initiative to get global tech companies to publicly commit to principles including paying their fa...
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna to seek U.S., EU emergency authorization Monday after COVID-19 vaccine 94.1% effective
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Moderna Inc said it will apply for U.S. and European emergency authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday based on full results from a late-stag...
Nov 30, 2020
Canadian indigenous deal with KXL oil pipeline took years, aims to unlock long-term wealth
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - TC Energy Corp's sale of a C$1 billion ($769 million) stake in Keystone XL (KXL) to a Canadian indigenous group is the result of over three years of pressu...
Nov 30, 2020
Exclusive: Abu Dhabi wealth fund in talks with KKR over Italian grid deal – sources
By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's biggest sovereign fund is in talks with U.S. firm KKR to invest in Telecom Italia's (TIM) last-mile network in a deal that has drawn s...
Nov 30, 2020
Indian PM Modi refuses to back down on farm reforms despite huge protests
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday resisted calls for the repeal of farm reforms that have ignited the biggest protests by farmers in years around t...
Nov 30, 2020
UK shopper numbers down 56.9% as English lockdown takes toll
LONDON (Reuters) - Total shopper numbers across British retail destinations were down 56.9% in the week to Nov. 28 year-on-year, reflecting the impact of a third full week of England's national COVID-...
Nov 30, 2020
Portugal’s main telcos sign up for 5G auction amid legal dispute
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugals three biggest telecoms companies said they had submitted applications to take part in the country's 5G licence auction amid a legal dispute with the Po...
Nov 30, 2020
