By Tom Wilson, Hideyuki Sano London / Tokyo (Reuters) – U.S. Shares of the world slipped on Friday in the wake of difficult Brexit talks and uncertainty over stimulus talks, with the Covid-19 vaccine progressing, pushing sterling to weaken the dollar. File photo: A trader looks at financial information on …
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By Pete Schroeder, Julie Xu * Japan unveils fresh 8 708 billion fresh economic stimulus measures * U.S. Investors stay on one side before the vote in Congress * California Travel announces new restrictions on business * Asian stock markets: tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 WASHINGTON / HONG KONG, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Asian …
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By Alexandra Alper, Humera Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday fired China’s top chipmaker, SMIC. And oil giant CNOC. Added to the alleged blacklist of Chinese military companies, with President-elect Joe Biden likely to escalate tensions with Beijing before taking office. The Department of Defense appointed a …
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(Reuters) – More than 1,300 people in Britain have been falsely reported to have been infected with coronavirus following a government error in the government’s NHS testing and trace system, the Department of Health and Social Care told Reuters on Saturday. Following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on September …
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London. File photo: This picture taken on September 9, 2020 shows a test tube labeled with the word vaccine in front of the AstraZeneca logo. Ritter / Dado Ruvik / Illustration / File photo Reported in the last part of last month, but data published in full in The Lancet …
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