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America’s wealthy likely to power pandemic-hit U.S. holiday sales: Deloitte
(Reuters) - The wealthy in America are expected to splurge online for gifts and home decorations this holiday season, even as the COVID-19 pandemic erodes sales growth to the slowest in at least a dec...
Sep 15, 2020
Funds and firms call for tougher 2030 EU climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Investors managing trillions in assets and more than 120 business leaders called on the European Union to commit to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030 on Tuesday...
Sep 15, 2020
Japan’s new leadership agenda could make jobs a bigger BOJ priority
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank is likely to stress its readiness to help the government protect jobs this week, in a nod to expected new premier Yoshihide Suga's resolve to do ...
Sep 14, 2020
Chinese firms bet on plant-based meat as coronavirus fuels healthy eating trend
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously i...
Sep 14, 2020
Former Nissan executive Kelly pleads not guilty to helping Ghosn hide income
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Nissan executive Greg Kelly on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges he helped ex-boss Carlos Ghosn under report income as his trial began in Tokyo. "I deny the allegations. I...
Sep 14, 2020
China’s foreign trade, foreign investment better than expected: stats bureau
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign trade and investment performance has been better than expected, the spokesman for China's statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Fu Linghui told reporters during a brie...
Sep 14, 2020
China’s August property investment growth hits 16-month high
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's real estate investment rose at the fastest pace in 16 months in August, supported by robust sales, as the property market helped underpin the post-COVID economic recovery. ...
Sep 14, 2020
China’s August industrial output accelerates, retail sales turn up in boost to recovery
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial output growth accelerated in August, while retail sales expanded for the first time this year, suggesting the economic recovery is gathering pace as demand start...
Sep 14, 2020
China extends tariff exemptions for 16 U.S. products
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry said on Tuesday it will extend existing tariff exemptions for 16 products from the United States including lubricants, whey and fish meal by an additional ...
Sep 14, 2020
Japan approves $15.5 billion reserve spending for coronavirus measures: MOF
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government approved on Tuesday spending of 1.639 trillion yen ($15.51 billion) from emergency budget reserves for coronavirus countermeasures, the Ministry of Finance sa...
Sep 14, 2020
