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Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to halt Ant’s IPO: WSJ
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping personally decided to pull the plug on Ant Group's $37-billion initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Chinese officials ...
Nov 12, 2020
Canada’s Quebec expects three fiscal years of deficits due to COVID-19
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Quebec, the Canadian province hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus, said on Thursday it expects three fiscal years of declining budgetary deficits, as it spends...
Nov 12, 2020
Buyout fund EQT in early takeover talks with KPN: source
By Pamela Barbaglia and Toby Sterling LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European private equity fund EQT is holding preliminary talks with KPN NV over a possible takeover bid that could value the largest D...
Nov 12, 2020
Goldman Sachs names 60 new partners
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has invited 60 executives to become partners, from Jan. 1, 2021, making the latest batch one of the bank's smallest since the mid-1990s. Goldman's partners collecti...
Nov 12, 2020
Senate could vote on Trump’s Fed nominees next week: Bloomberg News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Republican leadership at the U.S. Senate has discussed holding a vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's nominees to the Federal Reserve as early as next week, Bloomberg Ne...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. needs tougher antitrust enforcement: Biden transition team expert
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should increase enforcement of antitrust laws as part of a general attack on social ills, Bill Baer, who is on President-elect Joe Biden's trans...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. starts fiscal 2021 with 111% jump in October deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government started the 2021 fiscal year with an October budget deficit of $284 billion, a record for the month, as coronavirus-related outlays spiked sharply from a yea...
Nov 12, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration readies crackdown on U.S. investments in Chinese firms – sources
By Humeyra Pamuk, Alexandra Alper and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is finalizing an executive order to prohibit U.S. investments in Chinese firms that Washington says are...
Nov 12, 2020
Post-pandemic Canada must set sights higher to boost growth: BoC’s Wilkins
OTTAWA (Reuters) - After the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada will need to focus on creating sustainable growth that does not leave people behind in order to make higher levels of debt more manageable, a sen...
Nov 12, 2020
Fed Chair Powell says next months could be ‘challenging’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rising likelihood of an effective coronavirus vaccine is good news for the economy in coming months, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday, but near-term risks remain as ...
Nov 12, 2020
