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Japan August household spending seen falling for 11th straight month: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending is expected to have fallen for a 11th straight month in August, a Reuters poll found on Friday, suggesting the coronavirus crisis is still weighing heavil...
Oct 02, 2020
Huawei’s investments are ‘predatory actions’, Pompeo to paper
ROME (Reuters) - Investments by China's Huawei are not regular market transactions but rather "predatory actions" and all countries should ban them, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a newsp...
Oct 02, 2020
Japan’s consumer confidence improves in September: government
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer confidence improved in September, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Friday, prompting the government to upgrade its assessment on the index while warning the situati...
Oct 02, 2020
Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation concerned over possible U.S. import ban
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation Bhd flagged concern on Friday about a possible ban by customs authorities in the United States, a key market for the firm in the world's secon...
Oct 02, 2020
Google drops Australia from News Showcase launch amid regulator rancour
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Google has postponed the Australian roll-out of News Showcase citing regulatory complications, just three months after announcing the product, as the U.S. internet gia...
Oct 02, 2020
Slower U.S. job gains anticipated; permanent unemployment in focus
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely slowed further in September as the recovery from the COVID-19 slump shifts into lower gear amid diminishing government money and a relen...
Oct 02, 2020
Gadgets for groceries: coronavirus sparks Philippines online barter trade
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - In the middle of a coronavirus lockdown in the Philippine capital, Grace Lagaday was struggling to breastfeed her newborn without milk storage bottles and nur...
Oct 01, 2020
Australian August retail sales fall 4%, Victoria hit hard
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retail sales fell 4% in August from the month earlier, official data showed on Friday, with the virus-stricken state of Victoria bearing the brunt of the downturn. The re...
Oct 01, 2020
Oil drops for second day as worsening pandemic threatens demand drop
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell nearly 1% on Friday, extending losses into a second day as rising production of crude comes amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic which threatens to bring more restricti...
Oct 01, 2020
Japan’s jobs market worsens in August as coronavirus damage persists
By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's unemployment rate rose in August to its highest in over three years and job availability fell to a more than six-year low, government data showed on Fri...
Oct 01, 2020
