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Weak rise in German industry orders dents hopes for robust recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German industrial goods orders rose by a smaller-than-expected 2.8% on the month in July, data showed on Friday, further dampening hopes that Europe's largest economy can recover st...
Sep 04, 2020
UK competition regulator starts enforcement action on certain housebuilders
(Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said on Friday it would launch an enforcement action involving four of the country's big housebuilders, saying they may have broken a consumer protection law...
Sep 04, 2020
UK sees just 30%-40% chance of Brexit trade deal: The Times
LONDON (Reuters) - Senior officials in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office see only a 30%-40% chance that there will be a Brexit trade agreement with the European Union due to an impasse ove...
Sep 04, 2020
China’s ByteDance buys UIPay to leverage e-payment capabilities at home
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, said it has acquired a Chinese third-party payment service UIPay in a bid to leverage its domestic payment capabili...
Sep 04, 2020
China’s August exports seen keeping solid momentum; imports flat: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports likely posted a second month of solid gains in August as more of its trading partners relaxed coronavirus lockdowns and reopened their economies, while imports edge...
Sep 04, 2020
EssilorLuxottica to appeal court verdict over GrandVision
PARIS (Reuters) - Spectacles maker EssilorLuxottica said on Friday it would appeal against a court verdict regarding planned takeover target GrandVision , after losing a Dutch court case that could je...
Sep 04, 2020
Japan second-quarter GDP slump may be worse than expected as leadership race looms: Reuters poll
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely shrank more than previously estimated in the second quarter as capital expenditure took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic, a Reuters poll sho...
Sep 04, 2020
Tough start for new boss of BA-owner as Walsh bows out
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - With an enviable reputation, IAG's CEO Willie Walsh would be a hard act to follow at the best of times, but his successor Luis Gallego will have to steer its British ...
Sep 04, 2020
Malaysia drops criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB bond sales: state media
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian prosecutors on Friday withdrew criminal charges against three Goldman Sachs units accused of misleading investors over $6.5 billion in bond sales they helped organiz...
Sep 04, 2020
Explainer: Proposed changes to Indonesia central bank law spark fears independence at risk
By Tabita Diela and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament will consider recommendations to overhaul how the country's central bank operates, raising market fears that Bank Indonesi...
Sep 04, 2020
