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Japan July retail sales fall 2.8% year-on-year, government data shows
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail sales dropped 2.8% in July from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for a 1.7% decrease, government data showed on Monday. To view full tables, go ...
Aug 30, 2020
Japan July industrial output rises 8.0% month-on-month
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose 8.0% in July from the previous month, posting a second straight month of gains in a tentative sign of a pick-up in factory activity from the coronaviru...
Aug 30, 2020
Buffett’s Berkshire buys 5% stake each in five Japanese trading companies
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Sunday it has acquired more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies. Berkshire Hathaway's wholly-owned subsidiary,...
Aug 30, 2020
Chinese investors snap up Hong Kong property as new security law deters foreigners
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Mainland Chinese investors are scouring Hong Kong's commercial property market for bargains after prices plunged 30%, signalling a new wave of demand following anti-...
Aug 30, 2020
Keep on dining out, UK minister urges as popular cut-price offer ends
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak urged diners on Monday to keep going out to eat as a popular government scheme offering half-price food in restaurants this month drew to a clos...
Aug 30, 2020
South Korea’s factory activity grows for second month in a row in July
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory output grew for a second straight month in July, after marking the fastest growth since 2009 in June, though a resurgence in coronavirus infections is expected ...
Aug 30, 2020
Australia’s IOOF requests trading halt extension ahead of capital raise, deal
(Reuters) - Australian wealth manager IOOF Holdings Ltd requested on Monday that a trading halt placed on its shares be extended, ahead of a market announcement on a capital raising to fund a potentia...
Aug 30, 2020
United Airlines bids farewell to change fees in push for bookings
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Sunday it is permanently eliminating change fees on tickets for U.S. travel effective immediately, the latest effort by a U.S. airline to ...
Aug 30, 2020
Saga to raise 150 million pounds in new capital, ex-CEO to return as chairman
(Reuters) - Saga Plc said on Sunday it planned to raise 150 million pounds ($200 million) in new capital and bring back former Chief Executive Officer Roger De Haan as non-executive chairman, as it tr...
Aug 30, 2020
Denmark raises domestic financing needs for 2020
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has raised its 2020 domestic financing needs to 248 billion Danish crowns ($39.68 billion) from a May forecast of 178 billion, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday. The i...
Aug 30, 2020
