LONDON (Reuters) – The BlackRock Investment Institute said on Monday the economic restart, stabilising U.S. Treasury yields and relatively cheap valuations will boost emerging market assets after a choppy start to 2021. BlackRock...
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Toyota to review climate stance as investors turn up the heat
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp signalled a shift in its climate change stance on Monday, saying it would review its lobbying and be more transparent on what steps it is taking as it faces...
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No knockout, but new U.S. sanctions add to Russia’s ‘slow destruction’
By Marc Jones, Sujata Rao and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) -For all the insouciance with which markets treated Washington’s latest sanctions on Russia, its move to target Moscow’s main funding avenue – the rouble bond...
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China NDRC approves 16 fixed-asset investment projects worth $6.96 billion in first quarter
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state planner said on Monday that it approved 16 fixed-asset investment projects worth a total of 45.4 billion yuan ($6.96 billion) in the first quarter of this year. The projects are mainly in the...
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Canada’s budget to include pandemic and childcare supports, luxury tax
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will present a budget on Monday with billions of dollars for pandemic recovery measures as COVID-19 infections skyrocket, C$2 billion ($1.6 billion) toward national childcare, and new taxes...
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Toshiba bid to test Japan’s corporate governance rules
By Scott Murdoch, Alun John and Makiko Yamazaki HONG KONG (Reuters) -A potential bid for Toshiba Corp is set to test both corporate governance at the scandal-hit conglomerate as well as rule changes in Japan designed to improve...
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