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Japan’s August service sector activity worsens as pandemic stymies recovery
(Reuters) - Activity in Japan's services sector contracted at a faster pace in August for the firs time in four months, as uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic weighed on sentiment, hurting busin...
Sep 02, 2020
Top Fed staffer, whose research helped guide policy in recent years, dies
(Reuters) - Thomas Laubach, the head of the Fed division overseeing monetary policy, died on Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 55, just days after the release of a new central bank strategy whose ...
Sep 02, 2020
Fed’s Daly urges more government spending to boost economy
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Wednesday urged more government investment in roads, bridges, digital infrastructure, education, climate resiliency and other productiv...
Sep 02, 2020
Asian shares set to rise on broader U.S. rally, dollar gains
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian equities were set to open higher on Thursday after stronger U.S. economic data and the prospect of additional U.S. stimulus prompted sharp, and broader, gains...
Sep 02, 2020
More than 10% of British shops vacant, survey shows
LONDON (Reuters) - More than one-in-ten British shops now stand empty, reflecting recent widespread closures which are partly the result of the coronavirus crisis, a report on Thursday showed. Researc...
Sep 02, 2020
PVH posts surprise profit as stay-at-home lifts casual clothing demand
(Reuters) - PVH Corp reported a surprise quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the apparel retailer benefited from strong demand for comfortable and casual clothing during the coronavirus-led shift to wor...
Sep 02, 2020
Internet group urges FCC to reject Trump bid to impose new social media regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing major internet companies including Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, on Wednesday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to...
Sep 02, 2020
Airbnb spurns approach from Ackman’s blank-check company
By Joshua Franklin, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman has approached short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc about going public through a reverse me...
Sep 02, 2020
U.S. CBO sees FY20 federal budget deficit of $3.3 trillion amid coronavirus spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The non-partisan U.S. Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said the federal budget deficit for fiscal 2020 will hit $3.3 trillion, 16 percent of gross domestic product, down...
Sep 02, 2020
Calculating the ‘greenium’? Germany may have an answer
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Germany's debut green bond may finally provide an answer to the question that's been at the heart of the sustainable investing spree -- how much of a premium mus...
Sep 02, 2020
