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Struggling countries seek G20 debt freeze extension
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Beneficiaries of the G20 group of major economies' multi-billion dollar debt freeze, which aims to help poorer countries survive the coronavirus...
Oct 13, 2020
BlackRock backs harmonising sustainability reporting rules
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - BlackRock , the world's biggest asset manager, said it supports harmonising sustainability accounting rules and standards globally so investor...
Oct 13, 2020
EU says it wants subsidies deal with U.S. not tit-for-tat trade war
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it wanted to agree a negotiated settlement with the United States over aircraft subsidies after the EU won the right to impose tariffs on U...
Oct 13, 2020
Financial system stable ‘for now,’ but vulnerabilities rising: IMF
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Policymakers' unprecedented response to the global health crisis has contained risks to the financial system, but a prolonged recession or policy missteps coul...
Oct 13, 2020
Saudi Aramco CEO says ‘the worst is behind us’ for oil
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Tuesday that "the worst is definitely behind us" for the oil market, as global oil demand is recovering and is currently at 90 millio...
Oct 13, 2020
Bank of England’s Bailey sees no V-shaped recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said he did not think the economy was undergoing a sharp, V-shaped recovery, because of headwinds from a second wave of COVID and underlying p...
Oct 13, 2020
G7 officials vow to fight ransomware attacks; say stablecoin needs regulation
By Andrea Shalal and Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the world's seven biggest economies on Tuesday vowed to fight rising ransomware attacks amid the COVID-19 pan...
Oct 13, 2020
EU wins right to place tariffs on $4 billion U.S. goods in aircraft spat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has won the right to impose tariffs on $4 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for subsidies granted to planemaker Boeing under a World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Oct 13, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan donate $100 million more to U.S. election infrastructure
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said on Tuesday that they will donate an additional $100 million to support electi...
Oct 13, 2020
Leading German institutes see 2020 GDP declining by less than in 2009: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's leading economic research institutes see Europe's biggest economy shrinking less this year than it did in 2009 during the financial crisis, when GDP fell by 5.7%, sources ...
Oct 13, 2020
