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EU Commission approves Ireland’s 989 million euro recovery plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Friday gave the green light to Ireland's 989-million-euro ($1.2 billion) plan to recover from the pandemic and transform the economy to become greener a...
Jul 16, 2021
Malaysia to seek assurances from Thailand over AstraZeneca vaccine
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will hold bilateral talks with Thailand to seek assurances there will be no disruption to the supply of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in its Southeast Asian neigh...
Jul 16, 2021
Biden to reappoint Jerome Powell as Fed chair, say economists
By Shrutee Sarkar and Howard Schneider BENGALURU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will reappoint current Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second four-year term starting Februar...
Jul 16, 2021
EU okays 1.2 billion euro loan for TAP, to probe 3.2 billion restructuring aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Friday approved a 1.2-billion-euro ($1.42 billion) rescue loan for ailing Portuguese airline TAP and also opened an investigation into 3.2 billion eur...
Jul 16, 2021
Singapore to retighten COVID-19 curbs after recent rise in cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry said it would retighten some restrictions on social gatherings, including allowing only two people to dine-in at restaurants, from next week to combat...
Jul 16, 2021
Stocks pull in $18.7 billion as investors pile into U.S., Japan – BofA weekly flows
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors' interest in equity markets continued unabated in the latest week, with U.S. and Japanese stock market fund flows accelerating to multi-week highs at the expense of invest...
Jul 16, 2021
China extends takeover period of six financial institutions linked to Tomorrow Holdings
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top banking and insurance regulator on Friday extended the takeover period of a group of six financial institutions with connection to the embattled Tomorrow Holdings. The ...
Jul 16, 2021
Belgium warns against travel as flood death toll hits 14
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's crisis centre urged people in the south and east of the country to avoid all travel on Friday as the death toll from swollen and burst rivers and flash floods rose to 14...
Jul 16, 2021
Factbox: Western German floods could prove pricey for insurers
MUNICH (Reuters) - The devastating floods in western Germany this week could become one of the most expensive natural catastrophes in the country in the past 20 years, past industry data shows. German...
Jul 16, 2021
Volkswagen China sees chip supply shortage easing
BEIJING (Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG, the top foreign automaker in China, the world's biggest car market, said on Friday that it expected chip supplies to improve in the next six months....
Jul 16, 2021
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