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Encounter Resources offers BHP 75% stake in Elliot Copper project
(Reuters) - Encounter Resources said on Thursday it signed an option pact with BHP Group to give the global miner a stake of up to 75% in its Elliot Copper project after completion of a joint validati...
Sep 23, 2020
Oil falls on fuel demand growth concerns as coronavirus lingers
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil futures fell on Thursday on concerns the economic recovery in the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, is slowing as the coronavirus outbreak linge...
Sep 23, 2020
Dollar shines as virus, economy woes hit risk assets
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar extended gains against most currencies on Thursday as signs of economic slowdown in Europe and the United States renewed concern about a second wave of co...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia’s Westpac agrees to $920 mln fine over exploitation payments
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp agreed to pay a record A$1.3 billion ($920 million) fine to settle a lawsuit accusing it of enabling millions of payments to people ex...
Sep 23, 2020
Singapore’s Wilmar unit to raise $2 billion in China IPO
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore agribusiness Wilmar International said on Thursday its China business, Yihai Kerry Arawana (YKA), was set to raise 13.9 billion yuan ($2.06 billion) in its proposed ini...
Sep 23, 2020
Asian stocks open lower as faith in global recovery slips
By Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks opened lower on Thursday, tracking a sharply lower Wall Street session amid fresh concerns that the global economic recovery is running out of steam. U...
Sep 23, 2020
Some in BOJ warned pandemic could delay Japan’s recovery, hit banks -July meeting minutes
TOKYO (Reuters) - Some Bank of Japan board members warned a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic could delay Japan's economic recovery and destabilise its banking system by pushing more companies un...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia to overhaul bankruptcy laws to help firms over COVID-19
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday unveiled its biggest shakeup in bankruptcy laws in nearly three decades, allowing businesses to trade while insolvent and take more control over debt restructu...
Sep 23, 2020
China’s slow consumption recovery upset by wary low-income households
By Sophie Yu, Gabriel Crossley and Yawen Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - Months after China brought its coronavirus epidemic under control, its consumers are slowly opening their wallets again - but the hard...
Sep 23, 2020
ByteDance applies for tech export licence in China amid TikTok deal talks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance said on Thursday it has applied for a licence in China in line with the country's tech export requirements. The application was submitted to Beijing's munic...
Sep 23, 2020
