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Australia’s jobless rate slips, but youth face tough times
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's jobless rate unexpectedly slipped from a 22-year high in August as employment surged past expectations helped by part-time work, but the economic toll fr...
Sep 17, 2020
European stocks skid from one-month high as Fed underwhelms
(Reuters) - European stocks fell from a one-month closing high on Thursday after an underwhelming response to the U.S. Federal Reserve's pledge to keep interest rates low for a prolonged period. The p...
Sep 17, 2020
ECB gives banks reprieve from leverage rule to withstand pandemic
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank said on Thursday it would let euro zone banks it monitors exclude some of their exposure to the ECB, including their deposits, from the calculation of a...
Sep 17, 2020
World Bank’s IFC warns of Asia-Pacific ‘financial crisis’
By Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Asia-Pacific region risks a damaging financial crisis from a surge of non-performing loans caused by rising insolvencies, a senior official from the World Bank Gr...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. oil producers, exporters tally damages from Hurricane Sally, begin restarts
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Storm-tossed U.S. offshore energy producers and exporters began clearing debris on Thursday from Hurricane Sally and booting up idle Gulf of Mexico operations after h...
Sep 17, 2020
Deloitte hit with record 15 million pound fine for Autonomy audit
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's accounting regulator said on Thursday it has fined Deloitte a record 15 million pounds ($19.4 million) for its audit of software firm Autonomy that contained ...
Sep 17, 2020
France’s Le Maire: We will fight Bridgestone’s plan to close Bethune factory
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is looking into options to try to save jobs and prevent the closure of the Bethune tyre plant in northern France that Japan's Bridgestone plans to shut. "We are...
Sep 17, 2020
Eneos says likely to extend Tokyo Olympics sponsorship deal at year-end
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Eneos Holdings Inc is likely to extend at the end of the year its sponsorship deal for the Tokyo Olympics, which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the firm's chai...
Sep 17, 2020
Biden warns UK on Brexit: No trade deal unless you respect Northern Irish peace deal
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or the...
Sep 17, 2020
OPEC+ panel to meet amid oil price decline
DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and allies, led by Russia, are scheduled to hold an online meet on Thursday to discuss compliance with their agreed output cuts and demand trends amid falling oil ...
Sep 17, 2020
