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UK’s Sunak plans to raise property tax threshold as high as 500,000 sterling – The Times
(Reuters) - British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is drawing up proposals to raise the property tax threshold as high as 500,000 pounds ($623,700), in a bid to exempt most homebuyers from paying any st...
Jul 05, 2020
Britain’s finance ministry pledges funding to triple number of UK traineeships
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will offer its largest ever expansion of traineeships, its finance ministry said on Sunday, ahead of a highly-anticipated update due later in the week on the government's su...
Jul 05, 2020
UK Treasury, British Business Bank reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes – The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Britain's Treasury and British Business Bank officials are reviewing access to state-backed loan schemes after the European Union relaxed state aid rules, The Daily Telegraph reported. The...
Jul 05, 2020
Berkshire’s energy unit to buy Dominion Energy’s gas transmission, storage business
(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's energy unit said on Sunday it entered an agreement to acquire Dominion Energy Inc's natural gas transmission and storage business. The transaction has an enterpris...
Jul 05, 2020
Chile announces new $1.5 billion stimulus for middle class as pandemic rages
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced on Sunday a new $1.5 billion package of measures to help keep the countrys ailing middle class afloat as the coronavirus pandemic cont...
Jul 05, 2020
Argentina to unveil new debt offer, open until end-August, president says
By Eliana Raszewski and Jorge Iorio BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina is set to unveil a new debt restructuring offer that will be kept open until the end of August, President Alberto Fernandez told ...
Jul 05, 2020
China halts imports from two more Brazil meat plants amid COVID-19 concerns
By Ana Mano and Jake Spring SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - China has suspended imports from two Brazilian pork plants owned by meatpackers JBS SA and BRF SA , according to the Chinese customs authorit...
Jul 05, 2020
El Salvador delays next steps in reopening economy as COVID-19 cases rise
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's presidential office on Sunday postponed the second phase of the economy's reopening by two weeks, citing a still-rising number of coronavirus ...
Jul 05, 2020
French economy probably bouncing back faster than expected: central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - The French economy is pulling out of the slump induced by the coronavirus outbreak at least as fast as expected a month ago, and maybe even a little faster, Bank of France Governor F...
Jul 05, 2020
Luckin Coffee chairman ousted by shareholders: Bloomberg, citing report
(Reuters) - Luckin Coffee Inc Chairman Charles Zhengyao Lu has been ousted by shareholders from the embattled coffee chain, just days after a proposal to remove him failed to get board approval, Bloom...
Jul 05, 2020
