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Retailer Carrefour’s third-quarter sales accelerate, keeps goals under overhaul plan
PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, said on Wednesday it achieved record 8.4% like-for-like sales growth in the third quarter, reflecting a stronger performance in its key markets...
Oct 28, 2020
Italy’s antitrust probes Google for possible abuse of dominant position
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust said on Wednesday it was probing Google for a possible abuse of dominant position in the Italian market of display advertising. The regulator said that thanks to its...
Oct 28, 2020
China’s domestic jet fuel demand back to near pre-COVID levels
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's domestic aviation fuel consumption rebounded to near pre-COVID levels in September, thanks to a fast recovery in passenger travel and cargo freight, althoug...
Oct 28, 2020
AES, PetroVietnam Gas to sign $2.8 billion LNG deal: Pompeo
HANOI (Reuters) - AES Corp. will sign a deal with PetroVietnam Gas to develop a $2.8 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a power plant in Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pomp...
Oct 28, 2020
Euro edges lower on report of coronavirus lockdown for France
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Wednesday after a media report that France's government is leaning toward reinstating a national lockdown to curb a resurgence in...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. outlook dims; economists say Democratic sweep best for revival: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The outlook for the U.S. economy has dimmed in the run-up to the presidential election, according to a Reuters poll which showed that a recent resurgence in nov...
Oct 27, 2020
Bank loans scrutinized for harm to wildlife as well as climate
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Campaigners called on Wednesday for global banks to stop financing industrial activities driving animal and plant species toward extinction, after a report ranked 5...
Oct 27, 2020
Asian shares seen lower on coronavirus, election uncertainty
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Asian markets looked set for another weaker open on Wednesday as worries about a surge in coronavirus cases and dwindling hopes for a U.S. stimulus package kept investors...
Oct 27, 2020
Young and non-white Britons likelier to lose jobs after furlough
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Twice as many young and non-white British workers have lost their jobs after going on furlough compared with the average, largely because they are more likely to w...
Oct 27, 2020
Mercedes bets on evolution as Tesla touts revolution in automated driving
By Edward Taylor IMMENDINGEN, Germany (Reuters) - As Tesla touts the cutting-edge nature of its new Full Self Driving software, rival Mercedes-Benz says it has developed a similar system but stops sho...
Oct 27, 2020
