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Microsoft to let most employees work remotely for up to half their weekly working hours
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would allow most of its employees to clock in up to half their weekly working hours remotely, providing greater flexibility even after offices start reopen...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. should try to delay IPO of China’s Ant Financial, Rubio says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Marco Rubio, who has successfully urged the Trump administration to pursue probes into Chinese companies, called on Friday for the U.S. government to consider options to...
Oct 09, 2020
Speculators cut short dollar bets to lowest since July -CFTC, Reuters
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators reduced their net short dollar positions in the latest week to the lowest level since late July, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity...
Oct 09, 2020
Hedge funds cut bullish bets on U.S. crude as demand outlook worsens
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge funds and money managers cut bullish wagers on U.S. crude, data showed on Friday, as rising coronavirus cases around the world weakened the demand ou...
Oct 09, 2020
Japan August machinery orders seen falling as coronavirus hits investment: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders likely fell in August, a Reuters poll found on Friday, reversing the previous month's gain as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on business investment. W...
Oct 09, 2020
Airbus ramps up deliveries in September, seen targeting 500 jets in 2020
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus reached the highest number of monthly deliveries of passenger planes so far this year in September, but logged no new sales as crisis-hit airlines continue to bl...
Oct 09, 2020
Factbox: Big Tech’s market dominance spurs numerous U.S. antitrust probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The four Big Tech companies -- Alphabet's Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook -- face an array of antitrust investigations at the federal and state level which were revealed in...
Oct 09, 2020
H&R Block adds to bargain-hunter rally inspired by bets on reopening, Biden
(Reuters) - H&R Block Inc gained slightly on Friday after rallying in 13 out of the last 14 sessions as bargain-hunting investors had bet a Joe Biden presidency will help the virus-battered tax prepar...
Oct 09, 2020
U.S. drillers add oil and gas rigs for fourth week in a row: Baker Hughes
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row for the first time since June 2018 as producers start drilling again with prices hol...
Oct 09, 2020
Bank of England tightens COVID corporate lending rules
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Friday that it was tightening lending rules on a 20 billion pound ($26 billion) programme for large companies which had investment-grade credit ratings b...
Oct 09, 2020
