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BA owner IAG launches discounted 3:2 rights issue to raise 2.7 billion euros
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways owner IAG launched a heavily discounted rights issue on Thursday to raise 2.74 billion euros ($3.2 billion) to help strengthen its finances, which have been squeezed...
Sep 10, 2020
China auto sales in August rise 11.6%, fifth month of gain
By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - China's auto sales in August rose 11.6% from a year earlier, the fifth consecutive month of gain, as the world's biggest vehicle market comes off lows h...
Sep 10, 2020
Japan anti-trust regulator accepts Amazon Japan improvement plan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) said on Thursday it has accepted Amazon Japan's plan to improve business practices suspected of violating anti-trust rules. The unit of Amazon.co...
Sep 10, 2020
WTO leadership race seen as hostage to U.S. election
By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's effort to select a leader entered a new stage this week as ambassadors from 164 member countries met with...
Sep 10, 2020
Wall Street sees a bright side in ‘healthy’ tech selloff
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of Wall Street's biggest players are viewing the stock market's recent tech-led selloff as a bout of turbulence rather than the start of a longer slide -- ...
Sep 10, 2020
Ex-Goldman banker seeks review of 1MDB charges in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng has asked Malaysian prosecutors to review criminal charges against him for allegedly abetting the sale of $6.5 billion in bonds tied to 1M...
Sep 10, 2020
Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder...
Sep 10, 2020
Exclusive: Mexico may extend relaxed bank credit rules to help economy grow
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Abraham Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's finance ministry is considering extending relaxed banking credit rules to help its battered economy recover, a top offici...
Sep 09, 2020
Reform hopes rise as China focuses on inward economic shift
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese reform advocates are hoping President Xi Jinping's proposed new economic model, expected to be the centrepiece of a key conclave next month, is an opportunity ...
Sep 09, 2020
Australia’s AMP hires Symmetra to review workplace behavior
(Reuters) - Australian financial advisory firm AMP Ltd said on Thursday it had appointed inclusion and diversity consultancy Symmetra to undertake a workplace conduct review after the company was hit ...
Sep 09, 2020
