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Senate Democrats question BlackRock climate commitment
By Ross Kerber and Matthew Green BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Five Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday asked BlackRock Inc to justify why it rarely supported shareholder resolutions tied to climate chan...
Oct 08, 2020
Dollar drifts downward as investors cling to stimulus hopes
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar drifted toward a second consecutive weekly loss on Friday, as higher commodity prices and persistent hopes for U.S. stimulus supported investor sentim...
Oct 08, 2020
Japan’s household spending, real wages extend COVID-driven declines
By Kaori Kaneko and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending fell for an 11th straight month in August and real wages marked half a year of declines, as consumers struggled to re...
Oct 08, 2020
Asian markets to inch up as U.S. stimulus talks restart
By Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian shares were set to track Wall Street gains on Friday as revived hopes for a U.S. stimulus deal helped investors overlook weaker-than-expected jobs data and gr...
Oct 08, 2020
Japan’s real wages fall for sixth straight month as pandemic bites
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages fell for the sixth straight month in August, reflecting a big drop in overtime pay due to the impact on the labour market from the COVID-19 pand...
Oct 08, 2020
Fed’s Kaplan rejects adding to QE, eyes eventual taper
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Thursday he sees no need to expand the central bank's asset purchases to bolster the economic recovery and instead sign...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. appeals judge’s ruling that blocked U.S. ban on TikTok downloads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said in a court filing on Thursday it was appealing a judge's ruling that prevented it from prohibiting new downloads of the Chinese-owned short video-sharin...
Oct 08, 2020
Wall Street firms see Fed tapering bond buys starting next year
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street firms expect the Federal Reserve to start paring back its bond-buying next year, and phase it out completely by the second half of 2023, the New York Fed's latest...
Oct 08, 2020
ISS’s Guerra sees no huge effect of SEC rules on proxy adviser-client relations
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A top executive at Institutional Shareholder Services does not forecast big changes in how the firm interacts with clients and others after the U.S. governmen...
Oct 08, 2020
Weed stocks surge as Kamala Harris vows to decriminalize pot in debate
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S.-listed shares of major cannabis producers surged on Thursday after Democratic vice president nominee Kamala Harris said marijuana would be decriminalized at a federal l...
Oct 08, 2020
