By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -Activist investor Elliott Management Corp has nominated a slate of directors to the board of cloud-based software provider Salesforce Inc, a source familiar with the[...]
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March 2, 2023
Australia’s central bank pairs with industry on digital A$ projects
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank is launching 14 pilot projects with the financial industry to develop real world applications for a digital Australian dollar, with the focus on[...]
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Former Amazon exec aims to repeat logistics growth at Flexport
(This Feb. 28 story has been corrected to delete KKR & Co Inc as an investor in paragraph 8) By Lisa Baertlein LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – The former Amazon.com Inc executive who oversaw[...]
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U.S. Congress votes to block ESG investing, Biden veto expected
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican bill to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change cleared Congress on Wednesday, setting u[...]
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Marketmind: For nervous markets, beware the slides of March
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Chinese reflation vs U.S. inflation. That’s the broad market picture painted by manufacturing PM[...]
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South Korea February factory activity shrinks for eighth month
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity contracted for an eighth month in February, a survey showed on Thursday, highlighting weak domestic and global economic conditions even tho[...]
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From condoms to cosmetics, China sales grow as lockdowns end
By Richa Naidu, Elisa Anzolin, Christoph Steitz and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON/MILAN/FRANKFURT/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The world’s top consumer and luxury goods companies have seen sales of ever[...]
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