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Brazil’s privatization czar resigns amid economic slowdown
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's privatization secretary Salim Mattar resigned on Tuesday, economy minister Paulo Guedes said, suggesting he was leaving the government because of the slow pace of privati...
Aug 11, 2020
Airbnb backs OECD approach to digital services tax
LONDON (Reuters) - Home rental startup Airbnb said on Wednesday it supported the development of a digital services tax regime being discussed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm...
Aug 11, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. ban on TikTok could cut it off from app stores, advertisers – White House document
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive order banning China's TikTok could prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular short-vide...
Aug 11, 2020
Struggling live-event workers protest in Lisbon to save pandemic-hit sector
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - Banging on their flight cases, hundreds of struggling live-event workers took over one of Lisbon's main squares Tuesday night to urge the count...
Aug 11, 2020
UK finance minister weighs delaying autumn budget on 2nd COVID-19 wave: FT
(Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is weighing options to shelve his autumn budget if Britain is hit by a big second wave of the coronavirus, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Whi...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. insurers’ coronavirus costs are less than feared so far
By Alwyn Scott (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic dealt a relatively modest $2.5 billion blow to five insurers with large U.S. operations in the second quarter - a cost that was far less than feared...
Aug 11, 2020
Deadline extended for U.S. farmers seeking federal aid from COVID-19 damage
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers impacted by the economic shutdown as the coronavirus hammered the global economy have more time to apply for aid from the federal government....
Aug 11, 2020
California private debt fund manager charged by U.S. prosecutors with fraud
By Jonathan Stempel and Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area money manager who became a prominent advocate for direct lending to businesses has been criminally charged with defrauding cl...
Aug 11, 2020
Kodak expects sales volumes to rebound after COVID-19 hit
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co said on Tuesday it expects sales volumes and working capital to improve in the current quarter after reporting a 31% decline in quarterly revenue due to the COVID-19 pande...
Aug 11, 2020
Tesla launches five-for-one stock split
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc on Tuesday announced a five-for-one stock split, as the electric carmaker looks to make its shares more attractive to retail investors following a stunning rally this year. Share...
Aug 11, 2020
