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Dollar eyes multi-week lows as risk assets rally
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses against most currencies on Thursday as a rally in riskier assets such as global equities and commodities put a dent in safe-haven demand for...
Jul 08, 2020
Japan May core machinery orders rise 1.7% month/month – government
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose 1.7% in May from the previous month, government data showed on Thursday. The rise in core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indi...
Jul 08, 2020
Asian stocks set to rise as focus swings to recovery prospects
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were expected to rise on Thursday, as hopes of a robust economic recovery offset concerns over flare-ups in the coronavirus pandemic, and as investors...
Jul 08, 2020
Buyers return to COVID-hit UK property market in June, RICS says
LONDON (Reuters) - Buyers returned to Britain's property market last month as it reopened following the coronavirus lockdown but activity remained depressed, a closely-watched survey showed on Thursda...
Jul 08, 2020
Study suggests most Uber, Lyft drivers in Seattle not poorly paid
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Most ride-hail workers in Seattle are part-time drivers whose earnings are roughly in line with the city's median, a study of data provided by Uber and Lyft showed, defying ...
Jul 08, 2020
Mexican labor activist fights ban from labor court, cites USMCA protections
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto on Wednesday said she appealed a court order banning her from a labor court in the northern state of Tamaulipas, arguin...
Jul 08, 2020
Carlos Ghosn’s accused smugglers unlikely to win quick bail
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said she is unlikely to quickly release a Massachusetts father and son being held on charges they helped smuggle former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Gho...
Jul 08, 2020
EU lawmakers back Michaud as executive director of banking watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday gave the green light to appointing Francois-Louis Michaud as executive director of the European Union's banking watchdog, overturning a recommen...
Jul 08, 2020
Nonprofits urge Johnson & Johnson to halt sales of Baby Powder globally
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - More than 170 nonprofit groups on Wednesday called for Johnson & Johnson to stop selling its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder world-wide, citing concerns that it contains...
Jul 08, 2020
Defense firms lobby to ensure COVID-19 costs do not dent Pentagon budget
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executives of eight defense companies including Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp have asked the U.S. government to ensure that billions of...
Jul 08, 2020
