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MARKETS & ECONOMY
Japan service sector activity slumps most in a decade as virus impact spreads
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s services sector contracted at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in March as a…
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Trump threatens tariffs on oil imports to ‘protect’ U.S. energy workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose tariffs on crude imports if he has…
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With over a million coronavirus cases, economic freefall looms
BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 53,000 fatalities,…
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Oil’s Stunning Demand Collapse Threatens Closures Everywhere
(Bloomberg) — The survivors of oil’s last crash were the lowest-cost producers. But the crisis engulfing the industry now is…
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Fed steps in once again to try to smooth out lending markets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world’s lending markets, this…
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The Wild Hunt for 100-Ounce Gold Bars
(Bloomberg) — There are few corners of the global financial market that have been upended as spectacularly, or as oddly,…
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Ford And GM Do Not Care Much About Electric Vehicle Production
The promise that electric vehicles (EVs) hold in the automobile market hinges on two major factors – that they will…
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Airline industry warns of crisis bigger than 9/11 aftermath
Global air traffic demand fell 14 per cent in February, the most since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as airlines were “hit…
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OPEC+ pushes for global coalition to stem oil rout
The OPEC+ coalition is pushing for other major oil producers to join it in a deep reduction of global crude…
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U.S. senators scrutinize meat packers’ big profits during pandemic
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. senators are calling for investigations of record profit margins for beef processors like…
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