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Fed’s Daly says there is little evidence additional jobless benefits are discouraging work
(Reuters) - The enhanced unemployment benefits provided to jobless Americans helped to offset the negative demand shock caused by the virus and there is little evidence the payments deterred people fr...
Aug 12, 2020
Exclusive: Chilean regulator drops appeal on SQM environmental plan, plans Atacama mining review
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's environmental regulator has withdrawn from its legal battle to defend an environmental compliance plan by lithium miner SQM that it approved last year, according to a fili...
Aug 12, 2020
Airbnb’s quarterly revenue slumps; 2020 IPO plans still on: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc's quarterly revenue plunged 67% as fewer people traveled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its plans for a stock market debut before year's end ar...
Aug 12, 2020
Canada housing agency urges lenders to avoid risky borrowers
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - The head of Canada's mortgage agency urged lenders to avoid offering home loans to riskier borrowers insured by its private rivals warning that excessive hous...
Aug 12, 2020
GM proposes Brazil workforce reduction through buyouts, union says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - General Motors is offering buyouts to some of its Brazilian workers, a local union said on Wednesday, as the country's No. 1 automaker struggles with the fallout from the coronav...
Aug 12, 2020
Southwest Airlines among three carriers with investment grade rating: S&P Global
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co , Ryanair Holdings Plc and easyJet Plc are the only three airlines whose bonds are still rated investment grade, S&P Global Ratings said, while estimating a drop of u...
Aug 12, 2020
Ontario projects record budget deficit as COVID-19 economic support climbs
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and economic engine, projected on Wednesday its budget deficit would widen to a record C$38.5 billion ($29.09 billion) in 2...
Aug 12, 2020
Saudi stock exchange to launch environmental index with MSCI: CEO
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock exchange (TADAWUL) plans to launch an environmental, social or governance (ESG) index in cooperation with global index provider MSCI by the fourth quarter of th...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. July deficit falls to $63 billion on delayed tax payments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal budget deficit fell to $63 billion in July, half the amount of a year earlier and down from $864 billion in June, as a delayed July 15 tax payment deadline boos...
Aug 12, 2020
Mexico’s social security institute says 3,907 jobs lost in July
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) said on Wednesday that 3,907 jobs were lost in July among employees registered with the institute due to the coronavirus health cri...
Aug 12, 2020
