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Japan details some spending in controversial $92 billion budget reserves
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has set aside $92 billion in emergency budget reserves to prepare for a "protracted war" against the novel coronavirus, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on M...
Jun 07, 2020
Mexico to propose NAFTA renegotiator to lead WTO: sources
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is set to propose senior trade official Jesus Seade, who helped rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, as a candidate to be the next director-general of the Wor...
Jun 07, 2020
Vietnam ratifies free trade deal with EU
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam ratified a free trade agreement with the European Union on Monday that will cut or eliminate 99% of tariffs on goods traded between the Southeast Asian country and the bloc, ...
Jun 07, 2020
Singapore Airlines secures $1 billion additional credit after rights issue
(Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Monday that it had secured about $1 billion in credit facilities, in addition to the S$8.8 billion ($6.32 billion) it recently raised from a rights issue, to...
Jun 07, 2020
Samsung heir appears in court for arrest warrant hearing
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee appeared in court on Monday for a hearing to determine whether he should be jailed over allegations of accounting fraud, in his latest brush with the la...
Jun 07, 2020
Japan bank lending surges at record pace in May as pandemic-hit firms hoard cash
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese bank lending rose at the fastest annual pace on record in May as cash-strapped companies tapped loans to meet immediate funding needs to survive slumping sal...
Jun 07, 2020
Dollar is dented as data bolsters hope for economic recovery
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell against the Antipodean currencies and the British pound after surprising improvement in U.S. labour market data bolstered expectations for econo...
Jun 07, 2020
Oil climbs over 2% after OPEC+ extends output cuts to end-July
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose more than 2% early on Monday to their highest in three months after OPEC and its allies including Russia agreed to extend record oil production cu...
Jun 07, 2020
World shares advance on surprise U.S. job recovery
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures and Asian shares advanced on Monday after a surprise recovery in U.S. employment gave further confidence of a quick economic recovery after many w...
Jun 07, 2020
Japan first-quarter GDP revised up to 2.2% annualised contraction
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank an annualised 2.2% in January-March, less than the initial estimate of a 3.4% contraction, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed Monday. The revised figu...
Jun 07, 2020
