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Sovereigns raid rainy day funds for $100 billion after COVID-19 storm
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Countries coping with the coronavirus crisis and a slump in commodities prices are dipping into sovereign wealth funds for more than $100 billion, and that figure coul...
Sep 14, 2020
AstraZeneca shares rise as UK coronavirus vaccine trial resumes
(Reuters) - Shares of AstraZeneca rose 1% to 8,516 pence on Monday after the British drugmaker received the go-ahead from safety watchdogs over the weekend to resume clinical trials for its COVID-19 v...
Sep 14, 2020
Amazon to hire 100,000 more workers in its latest job spree this year
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it is recruiting 100,000 more workers - the fourth hiring spree it has announced for the United States this year - to keep pace with e-comme...
Sep 14, 2020
Goldman Sachs says pound levels now attractive
(Reuters) - Odds of a damaging no-deal Brexit are "meaningfully lower" than the market is implying and for investors willing to look through short-term volatility, current sterling levels are attracti...
Sep 14, 2020
France’s Le Maire: Veolia-Suez row is ‘useless’
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday urged Veolia and rival Suez to calm down and find a solution in the row over the control of waste and water management group Suez. "L...
Sep 14, 2020
French Finance Minister backs Le Drian over LVMH-Tiffany intervention
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday backed an intervention by the country's foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in luxury goods giant LVMH's plans to back out of a takeo...
Sep 14, 2020
France’s Le Maire says economy is on the right track
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday the French economy was on the right track, reiterating economic growth could do better than the 11 percent contraction currently...
Sep 14, 2020
Chinese automakers announce targets to raise hydrogen vehicle sales
By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese automakers have announced plans to increase sales of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, a niche segment in the world's biggest auto market, and the go...
Sep 14, 2020
Investor group issues AGM warning to climate net-zero laggards
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A leading investor group has written to the boards of the world's biggest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases, warning they must produce a strategy to move their ...
Sep 14, 2020
Nvidia’s Arm deal sparks quick backlash in chip industry
By Stephen Nellis, Josh Horwitz and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's $40 billion agreement to acquire Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp is likely to meet strong opposi...
Sep 14, 2020
