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Apple to reopen some stores in United States next week
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc said Friday it will reopen a handful of stores in four U.S. states starting next week, in the first resumption of physical retail operations since the iPhone ma...
May 08, 2020
Canada gives bidders more time to submit fighter jet bids, cites coronavirus
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is giving potential bidders another month to submit proposals for a multibillion-dollar contract to supply 88 new fighter jets, time needed due to complications caused by the...
May 08, 2020
Herbalife to pay $123 million to settle China bribery allegations
(Reuters) - Herbalife Nutrition Ltd will likely pay U.S. authorities $123 million to settle bribery allegations related to the company's business in China, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. The ...
May 08, 2020
Palestinians say they will defy Israeli order in prisoner payments dispute
By Rami Ayyub and Ali Sawafta JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders on Friday vowed to defy a new Israeli military order which they fear could lead to the confiscation of money...
May 08, 2020
Exclusive: Pakistan’s fiscal deficit to surge, tax revenue to miss target this year – finance chief
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Friday that the country's fiscal deficit was set to hit 9% of GDP in the ongoing fiscal year. In an intervi...
May 08, 2020
As pandemic rages, anything goes for bitcoin’s third ‘halving’
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin is about to undergo a scheduled technical adjustment as the number of new coins awarded the computer wizards who "mine" the cryptocurrency will...
May 08, 2020
Argentina’s $65 billion debt deadline hits as government pushes for creditor talks
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will keep pushing for talks with creditors even as its $65 billion debt restructuring proposal looked likely to fall short of the support needed fr...
May 08, 2020
Colony Capital reports $3.2 billion defaults on portfolio loans
(Reuters) - Real estate and investment firm Colony Capital Inc said on Friday its portfolio companies had defaulted on $3.2 billion of debt secured by hotels and healthcare-related properties. Colony ...
May 08, 2020
EU governments allowed to take stakes in virus-hit firms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Friday adopted rules allowing EU governments to help virus-hit companies by acquiring stakes in the firms, which will be subjected to a ban on dividends...
May 08, 2020
China should boost U.S. goods purchasing as economy recovers: U.S. Chamber
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday urged Beijing to sharply increase its purchases of U.S. goods as China's economy recovers from the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying that...
May 08, 2020
