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Brazil central bank still in emergency mode, to cut rates to 2.25%: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Brazil's key interest rate is set to fall to a record low of 2.25% on Wednesday as officials extend an emergency drive to reinvigorate economic activity cripp...
Jun 11, 2020
Congo mines must end on-site confinement, civil society groups say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mining companies in Democratic Republic of Congo must end mandatory mine-site confinement policies, a group of 11 civil society organisations said in a letter to 13 of Congo's...
Jun 11, 2020
Alitalia to resume international flights from Milan in July
MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia [CAITLA.UL] said on Thursday it would resume international flights from Milan next month, reversing a drastic reduction in its activity caused by the coronavirus crisis. The...
Jun 11, 2020
PayPal pledges over $500 million to support minority-owned U.S. businesses
By Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Thursday it was pledging $530 million to support black and minority-owned businesses in the United States and foster diversity, amid wor...
Jun 11, 2020
Canadian tour operator Transat to resume some flights to Europe, United States
(Reuters) - Canadian tour operator Transat AT Inc said on Thursday it would resume some flights to Europe and the United States, as well as domestic flights across major Canadian cities from July 23. ...
Jun 11, 2020
EU eases rules for some foreign clearers in nod to United States
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A new European Union law requiring closer scrutiny of foreign clearing houses used by customers from the bloc has been simplified after the United States threatened ret...
Jun 11, 2020
Exclusive: Pershing Square’s Ackman eyes $1 billion-plus ‘blank-check’ company – sources
By Joshua Franklin and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management has filed confidentially with U.S. regulators for an initial ...
Jun 11, 2020
UK businesses gradually reopening after COVID closing: survey
LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses that temporarily closed during the coronavirus lockdown are gradually re-opening, a survey by the country's statistics office showed as the government slowly lift...
Jun 11, 2020
Lebanon could have had oil tanker seized by Eurobond holders: minister
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon could have recently had an oil tanker seized by Eurobond holders because of its stinging debt crisis and the government was taking steps to avoid such risks in future, the e...
Jun 11, 2020
Uber, Lyft drivers are employees, says California regulator
(Reuters) - Drivers working for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc will now be considered employees under California's new gig worker law, the state's public utilities ag...
Jun 11, 2020
