SINGAPORE / NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro remained at its highest point in 18 months, silver soared and commodities advanced on Wednesday as hopes of economic recovery pushed up bets on a recovery in global demand and the fall of the US dollar. FILE PHOTO: A security guard wearing …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own homes than from contacts outside the home. FILE PHOTO: A man and children wearing masks to protect themselves against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk through a Han River …
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Ukrainian law enforcement officers lie on the ground behind a car near a passenger bus, which was seized by an unidentified person in the city of Lutsk, Ukraine, on July 21, 2020. REUTERS / Tetiana Hrishyna KYIV (Reuters) – A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives …
Read More »EU recovery fund sends shares, euros to four-month highs
LONDON (Reuters) – Global equities and the euro reached their strongest levels since March on Tuesday after European Union leaders sealed a post-pandemic stimulus plan of € 750 billion ($ 857 billion) after of a five-day marathon. FILE PHOTO: People pass the offices of the London Stock Exchange Group in …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS: Asian stocks expand gains as investors get stimuli and vaccines
* Asian stocks up more than 1%, Nikkei up 0.6% * EU recovery fund agreement seen within reach * Investors expect US stimulus of more than $ 1 trillion * Asian Stock Markets: tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 By Hideyuki Sano and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall TOKYO / NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) – Asian …
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