TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the ope[...]
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World Bank green lights $500 million loan to boost Costa Rica’s budget
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The World Bank approved a new $500 million loan to Costa Rica aimed at strengthening support for the government’s budget, according to a statement from the internation[...]
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Airbus reveals jet orders and says the supply chain is more stable
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus has signed orders this month including 60 A320-family jets with a lessor and 10 A350s with a major airline, said the planemaker’s Chief Commercial Of[...]
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Exclusive-China’s Xi tells Bill Gates he welcomes U.S. AI tech in China-sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the global rise of artificial intelligence with Bill Gates on Friday and said he welcomed U.S. firms including Microsoft bringing their AI t[...]
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US Senate panel to consider bill targeting failed bank executive pay
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will consider a bill Wednesday that would allow regulators to claw back compensation for executives at failed banks. Th[...]
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Analysis-Global tax deal at risk as first pillar teeters
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – One of the two pillars of a global corporate tax overhaul due to come into force next year is at risk of collapsing as plans over how to share taxing rights on[...]
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Analysis-Australia’s top companies back Indigenous Voice as public support wavers
By Byron Kaye, Melanie Burton and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Some of Australia’s biggest companies, including miners, banks and retailers, are emerging as powerful sources of support[...]
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Intel facility is largest greenfield investment in Poland, PM says
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister says Intel’s new semiconductor assembly and test facility near Wroclaw, western Poland, will the biggest greenfield investment in the country and t[...]
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Micron says it is committed to China, invests $602 million in plant
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -U.S. memory chipmaker Micron said on Friday it was committed to China and would invest 4.3 billion yuan ($603 million) over the next few years in its chip packaging f[...]
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