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China says forcing Chinese firms off U.S. exchanges will harm U.S.

China said on Friday that forcing Chinese firms to retreat from U.S. stock exchanges would severely harm U.S. interests.



3 years ago

Exclusive: Unfazed by pandemic, Bank of Japan to keep economic recovery view - sources

The Bank of Japan is likely to maintain its projection that the economy will gradually recover in the latter half of this year, four sources familiar with its thinking said, heightening the chance it will forgo bold monetary easing steps at this month's rate review.



3 years ago

British Airways parent company considering legal challenge to UK quarantine rules

The owner of British Airways is considering launching a legal challenge against the UK's looming quarantine plan, its chief executive said, warning that the new rules would torpedo its return to flying in July.



3 years ago

U.S. new weekly jobless claims seen falling below 2 million

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits likely dropped below 2 million last week for the first time since mid-March, but remains astonishingly high as companies adjust to an environment that has been significantly changed by COVID-19.



3 years ago

Shell plastics plant Trump touted faces oversupply risks: energy institute report

A massive Pennsylvania plastics project that President Donald Trump touted during a visit last year faces risks of oversupply and a low price outlook for the materials, a report by an institute that examines energy issues said on Thursday.



3 years ago

Oil refineries, offshore drillers face hurricane challenges amid pandemic

As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this year because of COVID-19.



3 years ago

U.S. court blocks sales of Bayer's dicamba herbicide

German agrochemicals group Bayer AG has been blocked from selling its dicamba herbicide in the United States after an appeals court rejected a federal regulator's permit for the product.



3 years ago

Oil prices fall on doubts over output cuts, surging U.S. diesel inventories

Oil prices dropped on Thursday, reversing gains in the previous session, on concern over whether major crude producers will be able to agree to extend record output cuts, heightened by worries over a huge build in U.S. distillate inventories.



3 years ago

U.S. airlines gain final approval to drop services to 75 domestic airports

Fifteen U.S. airlines were granted final government approval on Wednesday to temporarily halt service to 75 domestic airports as travel demand has been crushed due to the coronavirus pandemic.



3 years ago

South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir in succession probe

South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant against Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, they said on Thursday, in the investigation of a controversial 2015 merger and alleged accounting fraud in a suspected bid to aid his succession plans.



3 years ago

HSBC, StanChart shares rise in Hong Kong after backing China security law

Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered rose on Thursday after the banks backed China's imposition of a national security law on the city, even as a pro-democracy and newly formed financial workers' union criticized the move.



3 years ago

China eases flight curbs after United States targets its carriers

China said it will ease coronavirus restrictions to allow more foreign carriers to fly to the mainland, shortly after Washington vowed to bar Chinese airlines from flying to the United States due to Beijing's curbs on American airlines.



3 years ago

Exclusive: Rosneft replaces sanctioned trading arm with new one - sources

Russia's Rosneft , which closed its oil trading arm after sanctions were imposed by U.S. authorities in February, has set up a new Geneva-based trading business, four trading sources familiar with the matter said.



3 years ago

Asian stocks reach two-month high on economic recovery hopes

Asian shares rose to a two-month high on Thursday as expectations of further government stimulus supported investor confidence in an economic recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic.



3 years ago

Pandemic exposes cracks in oil majors' bet on plastic

The energy industry's bet that a petrochemicals boom would support decades of oil and gas sales growth is on shaky ground as an already saturated plastic market is hit by a coronavirus demand shock.



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