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ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok: TechCrunch
(Reuters) - China's ByteDance is in early talks with Reliance Industries Ltd for an investment in its video-based app TikTok's business in India, TechCrunch reported https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/12/...
Aug 12, 2020
China’s July air passenger numbers fall 34.1% year-on-year: regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's aviation regulator said on Thursday that passenger numbers in July fell 34.1% from a year earlier. That marked a recovery from a year-on-year decline of 42.4% in June. By A...
Aug 12, 2020
Oil edges lower after jump on U.S. stocks draw
TOKYO (Reuters) - Crude oil prices eased slightly on Thursday but held most of their gains from the previous session after U.S. government data showed a fall in inventories, supporting the view that f...
Aug 12, 2020
Australian unemployment ticks up in July, jobs surge again
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's unemployment rate ticked up to a 22-year high of 7.5% in July with a fresh wave of coronavirus infections in the southeastern state of Victoria further threatening the o...
Aug 12, 2020
China extends anti-dumping tariff on Indian fibre optic product
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is extending an anti-dumping tariff on a fibre optic product made in India, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The punitive tariff on single-mode optical fibre take...
Aug 12, 2020
Japan’s wholesale price fall eases further as economy emerges from coronavirus jolt
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale prices fell at a smaller annual pace in July than in the previous month as global and domestic demand rebounded, a sign the economy was gradually em...
Aug 12, 2020
Dollar on backfoot as hopes fade for U.S. stimulus deal
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses against most of its peers on Thursday amid fading hopes for a compromise between Republicans and Democrats over additional economic stimulus...
Aug 12, 2020
Asian stocks set to track Wall Street’s defiant rally
By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set for broad gains on Thursday after Wall Street's S&P 500 index briefly touched record highs, as investors appeared to shrug off worries a...
Aug 12, 2020
China’s debt collectors flourish as consumers flounder in a COVID-hit economy
By Samuel Shen, Cheng Leng and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - It's not a good sign for any economy when debt collectors are booming and in China right now, the industry is on a hiring spree. Wh...
Aug 12, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration asks court to dismiss Big Tech’s challenge to social media executive order
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president's executive order targeting social media companies, calling...
Aug 12, 2020
