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The $425 billion payment holiday question hanging over Europe’s banks
PARIS (Reuters) - More than 360 billion euros ($425 billion) of loans at Europe's biggest banks have been subject to payment breaks or other coronavirus relief measures but the big question is whether...
Aug 18, 2020
Kohl’s posts smaller-than-expected loss, shares rise
(Reuters) - Kohl's Corp posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, as the department-store chain reopened most of its stores that were shuttered for weeks to curb the spread of the nove...
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. activists complain that virtual shareholder meetings let companies silence them
By Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Justin Danhof has used annual shareholder meetings to question companies on social issues for the last nine years. His conservative thin...
Aug 18, 2020
Work-from-home boom is a bust for big office furniture makers
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - America's biggest office furniture manufacturers got the rug pulled out from under them by the COVID-19 pandemic. For decades, producers like Herman Miller Inc and Steelc...
Aug 18, 2020
EV startup Canoo to go public with blank-check firm at $2.4 billion valuation
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Canoo Holdings Ltd, an electric vehicle startup already working with South Korea's Hyundai Motor, will go public later this year at a value of $2.4 billion after joi...
Aug 18, 2020
America’s suburbs, an election battleground, now more diverse, home to lots of working women
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's suburbs were key to Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2016, and he and his 2020 Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, are battling for votes there a...
Aug 18, 2020
Walmart beats profit estimates as online sales hit record on pandemic boost
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc posted its biggest-ever growth in online sales on Tuesday as shoppers placed orders for everything from electronics and toys to groceries from the safety of their homes amid th...
Aug 18, 2020
In the run-up to U.S. election, drilling lobby promotes natural gas as ‘clean’
By Valerie Volcovici, Andrew R.C. Marshall and Matthew Green WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - America's biggest oil and gas lobby group is ramping up its advertising spending ahead of the November electi...
Aug 18, 2020
Rebuilding Europe after pandemic akin to post-war reconstruction: Draghi
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Rebuilding Europe after the coronavirus pandemic will be akin to the post-World War II reconstruction effort and the bloc must reaffirm its core values despite challenges from gl...
Aug 18, 2020
Wall Street futures rise as Home Depot results shine; Walmart on deck
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Tuesday, extending momentum from a tech-fuelled rally in the prior session that saw the Nasdaq hit a record high, with Home Depot ...
Aug 18, 2020
