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Japan ruling party calls for 20 trillion yen direct spending in stimulus package
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LD) on Monday called for direct spending of 20 trillion yen ($185.6 billion) as part of a stimulus package to support the economy amid the co...
Mar 30, 2020
Malaysia expects wider deficit after coronavirus stimulus measures
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia expects its fiscal deficit to widen to 4% of gross domestic product this year, the country's finance minister said, following the unveiling of a $58 billion stimulus ...
Mar 30, 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai expected to be delayed by up to a year: sources
By Dahlia Nehme and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Expo 2020 Dubai is expected to be delayed by up to a year due to the global coronavirus pandemic, according to three sources familiar with the ...
Mar 30, 2020
UK mortgage approvals hit six year high in February, before virus hit
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of approvals for mortgages in Britain hit a six-year high in February, before the spread of the coronavirus hammered the economy, Bank of England data showed on Monday. T...
Mar 30, 2020
Greece pumps more financial aid in economy to deal with coronavirus
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece announced new tax breaks and economic assistance to thousands of businesses and workers on Monday to buffer its economy from a national lockdown triggered by the coronavirus ...
Mar 30, 2020
SAS launches direct cargo flight between Sweden and the United States
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Airline SAS said on Monday it and Danish logistics firm Scan Global Logistics had established a direct cargo charter flight out of Scandinavia to Chicago in the United States, us...
Mar 30, 2020
Czech billionaire Kretinsky working in isolation after contracting coronavirus
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, owner of the energy holding group EPH with assets around Europe, said he had contracted the new coronavirus and had been working in isolation. He...
Mar 30, 2020
Japan drugmaker Shionogi to tie up with Ping An as eyes China expansion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Shionogi & Co , creator of the blockbuster cholesterol treatment Crestor, said on Monday it would tie up with Ping An Insurance Group Co of China , selling a 2.05% voting sta...
Mar 30, 2020
Short-selling bans achieve nothing useful: exchanges body
LONDON (Reuters) - Banning short-selling of shares gives the impression of responding decisively to events without achieving any useful result, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) said on Monday. ...
Mar 30, 2020
China’s big banks flag asset pressure due to virus, boding ill for smaller kin
By Cheng Leng and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's largest state banks said the impact of restrictions on movement imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus could pull down asset qu...
Mar 30, 2020
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