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The new workplace? Central and eastern Europe may be closer than most
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - When Mario Pereira's Polish colleague, sitting not far from him in a Warsaw office, sent him an email rather than walking over to speak, the Portuguese was shocked....
May 28, 2020
Champagne sales sink in a world with little to celebrate
PARIS (Reuters) - Global champagne sales are forecast to slump by a third, or 100 million bottles, this year as the coronavirus crisis shuts bars and restaurants worldwide and hammers economies. The c...
May 28, 2020
UK cautions EU against financial ‘self harm’ over Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - European companies would be the losers if the European Union tried to impose barriers on London financiers, as such firms would be unable to access some of the deepest markets in th...
May 28, 2020
U.S. Treasury, SBA set aside $10 billion small business funds for community institutions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration said on Thursday that they were setting aside $10 billion of funding from the Paycheck Program (PPP) to be lent exclusively b...
May 28, 2020
China’s Geely Automobile launches share placement of up to $859 million
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd has launched an $836 million-$859 million placement of 600 million new shares, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The shares...
May 28, 2020
On debt-stricken Lebanon, investors see little room for optimism
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market investors are no strangers to sovereign debt crises, but few have been as perilous as the one facing Lebanon given a toxic combination of financial and...
May 28, 2020
EU can move on Brexit, but needs UK to budge, EU trade chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to move in negotiations on future EU-UK relations, but Britain must make a bigger effort to do the same in talks next week, the EU trade chief said o...
May 28, 2020
U.S. retail traffic jumped over Memorial Day weekend: cellphone data
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the photos from beach and lake resorts made clear, many Americans dropped their guard over a temperate Memorial Day weekend, set aside coronavirus fears, ...
May 28, 2020
U.N. chief calls for more debt relief, urges IMF to mull SDR allocation
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for debt relief to be offered to all developing and middle-income countries amid the coronavirus pandemic ...
May 28, 2020
Citigroup looks to reopen NY headquarters to some staff in July: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc looks to reopen its New York headquarters to a small number of employees as soon as July, with workers returning to London offices even earlier, Chief Executive Officer Micha...
May 28, 2020
