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China’s post-pandemic economic stimulus puts 2020 climate pledges at risk
By Muyu Xu and David Stanway BEIJING (Reuters) - China may struggle to meet its climate pledges this year as it turns to heavy industry and carbon-intensive projects to shore up its coronavirus-strick...
May 20, 2020
Asian jet fuel refining margins turn positive first time in a month
By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian refining margins for jet fuel turned positive for the first time in a month, bolstered by deep supply cuts and an uptick in domestic flights in regional ...
May 20, 2020
EU watchdog calls on companies to make full pandemic impact disclosures
LONDON (Reuters) - Upcoming half-yearly reports from companies listed in the European Union should adequately reflect the current and expected impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their operations, t...
May 20, 2020
European shares inch lower on doubts over COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - European shares headed lower on Wednesday after a downbeat session on Wall Street, as doubts over a potential COVID-19 vaccine reignited fears about the slow recovery from a looming global...
May 20, 2020
Twenty-year Treasury bond will add to $25 trillion U.S. debt pile
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors expect robust demand for the Treasury Department's new $20 billion issue of 20-year bonds, set to launch Wednesday, from U.S. institutions, foreign ...
May 20, 2020
Unemployment jumps in Netherlands as pandemic hits young workers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Unemployment rose at its fastest pace on record in the Netherlands in April as lockdown measures began to hit the economy with young workers hit hardest, Statistics Netherlands s...
May 20, 2020
Britain’s Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs amid air travel slump
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce said it would cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global staff of 52,000 to adapt to the much smaller aviation market that will emerge from the coronavirus pandem...
May 20, 2020
UK inflation drops to lowest since 2016 as coronavirus hits
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's inflation rate sank in April to its lowest since August 2016 as the coronavirus pandemic pushed down global oil prices and clothing retailers cut prices,...
May 20, 2020
Spike in some Hong Kong flat sales raises fraud suspicions
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - A jump in the number of Hong Kong flats selling for exactly HK$10 million ($1.3 million) in recent months has raised suspicions about potential fraud, following a re...
May 20, 2020
HitecVision renegotiates purchase of Total’s North Sea assets, seeks more
LONDON (Reuters) - Private-equity group HitecVision's NEO business has renegotiated its deal to buy British North Sea oilfields from Total , with Omani partner Petrogas dropping out and the French sel...
May 20, 2020
