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Asian stocks set to track upbeat Wall Street despite rising infections
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set to edge up on Tuesday after oil prices rose and technology firms pushed Wall Street higher, although investors remained worried about fre...
Jun 22, 2020
Global advertising faces double-digit decline this year: report
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The global advertising industry is expected to decline nearly 12% this year as the coronavirus pandemic batters businesses around the world, a report on the sector said on M...
Jun 22, 2020
Woolworths underpaid staff at ALH Hotels by about $270 million
(Reuters) - Australia's Woolworths Group Ltd said on Tuesday employees at its pub and hotels group ALH Hotels had been underpaid and the cost to remediate them would eat into its full-year operating p...
Jun 22, 2020
Google faces employee petition to end tech sales to police
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments, a source familiar wit...
Jun 22, 2020
Britain’s finance sector too slow to hire women to top jobs
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry wants more ambitious diversity targets at financial firms as the pace of hiring women to top jobs is too slow, a review said on Tuesday. A Women in Financ...
Jun 22, 2020
Japan expected to compile next econ stimulus in fall, says PM Abe’s ally
By Kaori Kaneko and Izumi Nakagawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to compile a stimulus package to boost the economy in the autumn, as its previous two packages were aimed at preventing firms and...
Jun 22, 2020
Fed’s Powell, Treasury’s Mnuchin to testify June 30 before House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on June 30 ...
Jun 22, 2020
KBR to focus on government contracts, quit natural gas, energy business
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Engineering and construction firm KBR Inc will exit most of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) construction and other energy projects, it told investors and employees, as customers pu...
Jun 22, 2020
U.S. accuses India of unfair practices on charter flights
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Monday accused the Indian government of engaging in "unfair and discriminatory practices" on charter air transportation services to and from India and...
Jun 22, 2020
World Bank chief sees progress on G20 debt relief; wants more private sector buy-in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 major economies have made good progress with a debt relief initiative for the world's poorest countries, but additional relief and greater participation by priva...
Jun 22, 2020
