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After miracle recovery, Fukushima brewers look to the Games to push sake globally
By Junko Fujita AIZU WAKAMATSU, Fukushima (Reuters) - The earth in Fukushima still trembled when Yoshihiro Miyamori drove in the dark towards his sake brewery. When he got back after midnight, he foun...
Mar 13, 2020
Buffett-backed Chinese EV maker BYD says making 5 million masks daily to fight virus
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD said on Friday it is making 5 million masks a day to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 3,200 people in China. The Sh...
Mar 13, 2020
Starbucks to invest $130 million for roasting plant in China’s Kunshan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Starbucks will invest 900 million yuan ($130 million) to build the first phase of a coffee complex in the Chinese city of Kunshan, near the commercial hub of Shanghai, with complet...
Mar 13, 2020
Policymakers ramp up support as coronavirus shreds markets
By Tom Westbrook and Steve Holland SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Governments and central banks readied more emergency measures to tackle the economic impacts of the coronavirus on Friday as Asian m...
Mar 12, 2020
Travel industry under siege as coronavirus contagion grows
By Jamie Freed and Tracy Rucinski SYDNEY/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The fallout from the coronavirus spread across the Pacific on Friday, with travel companies in Australia and New Zealand issuing profit war...
Mar 12, 2020
Oil falls a third day, Brent crude set for worst week since 1991
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Friday for a third day, with Brent crude set for its biggest weekly drop since 1991 and U.S. crude heading for the worst week since 2008 as panic about plunging de...
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. excludes some Chinese medical products from tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said it granted on Thursday exclusions from import tariffs for some medical products imported from China, including face masks, stethoscop...
Mar 12, 2020
Dollar shines as pandemic drives rush for liquid assets
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar stood tall on Friday as investors scrambled for the world's most liquid currency amid deepening panic about the coronavirus while the euro nursed losses a...
Mar 12, 2020
SoftBank Group to buy back as much as 7 percent of its shares
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp on Friday said it will buy back up to 7 percent of its own shares for as much as 500 billion yen ($4.77 billion). The buyback will begin on Monday and will take p...
Mar 12, 2020
Canada revising deal aimed at validating U.S.-certified planes
(Reuters) - Transport Canada said on Thursday it is revising a deal that would have reduced technical work done by the Canadian regulator when validating Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifie...
Mar 12, 2020
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