Archive for  September 2019
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Indonesian shares fell over 1% on Tuesday, extending losses into a fourth session amid fears of an economic slowdown, while most other Southeast Asian markets inched higher after US officials confirmed trade talks with China
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UK stocks stumbled on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to shut down parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful. The ruling, a major setback to Johnson
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An EU court struck down an order by Brussels that Starbucks pay 30 million euros ($33 million) in back taxes Monday, in a decision with major significance for Apple, which is fighting a similar case.
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Weeks after its latest attempted new start with an all-electric car, Volkswagen is again in the legal weeds over its years-old "dieselgate" scandal, as charges against top executives pile on top of mass lawsuits by
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Facebook on Monday said it had made a deal to buy a startup working on ways to command computers or other devices using thought instead of taps, swipes, or keystrokes. CTRL-labs will become part of
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Google is not required to apply an EU "right to be forgotten" to its search engine domains outside Europe, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision. The European Court of Justice handed
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Trains were disrupted across France on Tuesday as labour unions went on strike over plans to overhaul the country's pension system, which critics say will push back the retirement age for millions of people. The
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China is in "no rush" to add a monetary stimulus to cope with downward pressure on the world's number-two economy, the head of the country's central bank said Tuesday. A lingering trade war with the
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Sri Lanka's main financial regulator Tuesday ordered local and foreign banks to slash lending rates in an unprecedented move as the economy struggled to recover from the Easter attacks. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka
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Britain has repatriated ten percent of nationals who were stranded abroad after the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook, authorities said Tuesday, as anger erupted over excessive management pay. The Civil Aviation Authority regulator, which
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