Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Business News (Master Feed)
U.S. May housing starts rise less than expected
b'b"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding increased less than expected in May, leaving the bulk of the prior months\' declines intact and pointing to a slow housing market recovery from the COVID-1...
Jun 17, 2020
Germany’s Scholz: EU should get its own revenues
b'b"BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany supports the idea of the European Commission levying its own taxes to fund the expanded EU budget, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding new revenues co...
Jun 17, 2020
Canadian home prices rise in May but cracks appear in underlying data
b'b"TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home prices rose in May, led by the Ottawa-Gatineau and Toronto markets, but underlying numbers reflected a slowing in the housing market following measures taken to h...
Jun 17, 2020
Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head
b'b\'PARIS (Reuters) - Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firms while also announcing a change of head for its...
Jun 17, 2020
Brazil services activity falls a record 11.7% in April
b'b"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Services activity in Brazil slumped 11.7% in April, figures showed on Wednesday, the biggest fall since comparable record-keeping began nearly a decade ago as social isolation...
Jun 17, 2020
Takeaway coffee and fitness classes return to UK inflation data as lockdown eases
b'b"By David Milliken\\nLONDON (Reuters) - Haircuts, holidays and a pint at the pub remain off limits but prices for takeaway coffees, muffins and fitness classes have returned to Britain\'s inflation...
Jun 17, 2020
France’s Le Maire: We must prepare for long and gradual economic recovery
b'b\'PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the world must prepare for a long and gradual economic recovery as the coronavirus has not fully disappeared.\\n"I ...
Jun 17, 2020
EU puts up barricade plan for state-backed foreign buyers
b'b\'By Foo Yun Chee\\nBRUSSELS (Reuters) - State-backed foreign firms will have a harder time buying European Union companies under a proposal by the bloc\\\'s executive, which is pursuing more prote...
Jun 17, 2020
UK’s Supreme Court rules against Mastercard, Visa in retailers’ fees battle
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Britain\\\'s highest court on Wednesday upheld an earlier Court of Appeal ruling that credit card companies Visa and Mastercard restricted competition in the way they set fees ...
Jun 17, 2020
UK says it aims to join Trans-Pacific free trading group
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom announced on Wednesday it would pursue accession to a revamped version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.\\n"Today we\\xe2\\x80\\x99re announcing our intent t...
Jun 17, 2020
