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China launches anti-subsidy probe on polyphenylene ether imports from U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry said on Friday it has started an anti-subsidy probe into imports from the United States of polyphenylene ether, a polymer prized for its heat resistance a...
Aug 13, 2020
China Jan-July property investment rises 3.4% year-on-year, picks up speed from first-half
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's real estate investment rose 3.4% in January-July from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, quickening from a 1.9% uptick in the first six months. Property sales ...
Aug 13, 2020
China July industrial output rises 4.8% year-on-year; retail sales down 1.1%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's July industrial output rose 4.8% from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, expanding for the fourth straight month but growth was less than expected as the economy gradua...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. plans major investment program with Colombia: White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials will unveil a major economic investment program with the Colombian government next week as Washington expands its drive to yank supply chains out...
Aug 13, 2020
Dollar drifts higher as caution returns to currency markets
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar drifted higher on Friday, helped by strong U.S. jobs data as well as firmer global demand for safe-havens amid concerns about the coronavirus recovery...
Aug 13, 2020
Australia central bank chief says fiscal stimulus needed to revive coronavirus-stricken economy
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Friday called on all levels of government to "put all shoulders to the wheel" to fund the spending desperately needed to generate jobs an...
Aug 13, 2020
China central bank to conduct MLF operations on Monday as 400 billion yuan of such loans expire
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said it would conduct medium-term lending facility (MLF) operations on Monday, as a batch of 400 billion yuan ($57.6 billion) worth of such loans expired on t...
Aug 13, 2020
Oil prices rise, head for weekly gain amid cautious hopes for fuel demand recovery
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices advanced on Friday and were heading for a second week of gains amid growing confidence that demand for fuel is starting to pick up despite the coronavirus pandemic that ha...
Aug 13, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine developer CureVac raises $213 million in IPO: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CureVac BV raised $213 million in its initial public offering on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, setting the stage for the first stock market debut of a company ...
Aug 13, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says breaking spending cap possible, ‘What’s the problem?’
BRASILIA (Reuters) - One day after declaring he was committed to fiscal responsibility, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro raised the prospect on Thursday of breaking with a constitutionally-mandated c...
Aug 13, 2020
