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Amazon launches climate-friendly program to help shop for sustainable products
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc , the world's biggest online retailer, announced the launch of a climate-friendly program on Wednesday to help customers shop for sustainable products, as part of its commit...
Sep 23, 2020
Old green power plants seek to regenerate as Germany turns off subsidies
By Christoph Steitz, Vera Eckert and Tom Kckenhoff FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Wilfried Haas owns a 3 kilowatt solar system which has been running as a micro power station since 1992, helping Ge...
Sep 23, 2020
Positive about flying? Airlines look to COVID tests that give results in minutes
By John Miller and Emilio Parodi ZURICH/MILAN (Reuters) - European airlines are pinning hopes on pre-flight COVID-19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers' c...
Sep 23, 2020
BOJ Kuroda stresses readiness to ease further, warns of high uncertainty
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday the central bank was ready to ramp up stimulus, as the coronavirus pandemic keeps the economic outlook highly uncertain. "The...
Sep 23, 2020
Euro zone growth and inflation outlook steady, ECB’s Mersch says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The growth and inflation outlook in the euro zone has not deteriorated since the European Central Bank decided earlier this month to keep policy unchanged, ECB board member Yves ...
Sep 23, 2020
Bank of East Asia to launch sale of insurance business in strategy overhaul
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based Bank of East Asia Ltd (BEA) said on Wednesday it had decided to initiate a sale of its insurance business following the completion of a review of its portfolios a...
Sep 23, 2020
Singapore’s deflation extends to seventh month in core gauge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's main price gauge contracted for the seventh consecutive month in August, data showed on Wednesday, with prices falling 0.3% from a year earlier. Core inflation - the ...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia extends relaxation of company reporting, capital raising rules
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia extended by six months its temporary relaxation of company disclosure obligations, including allowing businesses to avoid releasing earnings forecasts, in a bid to shield ...
Sep 23, 2020
Citi closes market making business in retail options: FT
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has closed its market making business in retail options that serves retail broker-dealers, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people with knowledge of th...
Sep 23, 2020
Chinese brokerages set for consolidation as holding firms meet tighter rules
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's securities broking sector is set for consolidation as stricter regulations covering opaque financial holding firms force owners of mid-sized brokerages to divest, analysts ...
Sep 23, 2020
