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China deposit rate reform to have limited impact – industry body
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's reforms to the way banks calculate deposit rates will have only a limited impact on financial institutions and depositors, and banks do not need to sharply adjust deposit r...
Jun 21, 2021
Thousands of Commonwealth Edison customers without power as severe storms hit Chicago
(Reuters) - Chicago-area utility Commonwealth Edison's (ComEd) website showed that over 34,000 customers were without power as severe thunderstorms tore through the area on Sunday night. The website o...
Jun 21, 2021
Golf-Rahm thanks Harrington, Faldo for advice on handling adversity
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Jon Rahm's U.S. Open buildup suffered a huge setback when a positive COVID-19 test forced him out of the Memorial tournament when leading by six, but the S...
Jun 21, 2021
Axiata, Telenor sign deal to merge Malaysian telecoms units
OSLO (Reuters) -Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group Bhd and Norway's Telenor ASA have agreed to merge their mobile operations in Malaysia, forming a new market leader in the southeast Asian nation, t...
Jun 21, 2021
Bank of England set to stay split on QE after inflation jump
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top central bank officials look set to remain divided this week over whether to pull the plug on their 875 billion-pound ($1.2 trillion) government bond ...
Jun 21, 2021
Dongguan becomes latest city in China’s Guangdong to be hit by COVID-19
BEIJING (Reuters) - The major manufacturing hub of Dongguan in China's most populous province of Guangdong launched mass testing on Monday for the coronavirus and cordoned off communities after detect...
Jun 21, 2021
Indonesia to tighten COVID-19 restrictions for 2 weeks after rising cases- minister
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will tighten mobility restrictions in some areas for two weeks starting from Tuesday after a rise in COVID-19 cases, including limiting the number of workers in offices a...
Jun 21, 2021
NZ regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's medicines regulator Medsafe has provisionally approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern an...
Jun 20, 2021
S.Korea’s SK bioscience to invest $132 million to boost vaccine production
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK bioscience said on Monday it plans to expand vaccine production by investing about 150 billion won ($132 million) by 2024 to add production capacity, as well as equi...
Jun 20, 2021
Golf-Ball stuck up tree ‘one-in-a-million break’ says Hughes
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - Mackenzie Hughes has played a lot of golf but says his ball that lodged in a tree during the final round of the U.S. Open on Sunday was a first. Joint over...
Jun 20, 2021
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