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Japan criticizes U.S. digital tax proposal at G20
RIYADH (Reuters) - Japanese finance minister Taro Aso criticized on Sunday a U.S. tax reform proposal that he said could undermine global efforts to agree new rules on taxing big tech companies. Read More
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No global digital tax by end-2020 would mean chaos: France
RIYADH (Reuters) - Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants such as Google
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G20 finance heads eye impact of coronavirus outbreak on growth, see modest pickup
RIYADH (Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the world's top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed, as they said loose monetary policy and easing trade tensions would prompt a pick-up in 2020 and 2021.
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Amazon in Holocaust row about 'Hunters' series, anti-Semitic books
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Auschwitz Memorial criticized Amazon
on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series "Hunters" and for selling books of Nazi propaganda. - More Business News»
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G20 finance heads eye impact of coronavirus outbreak on growth, see modest pickup
RIYADH (Reuters) - Finance chiefs of the world's top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed, as they said loose monetary policy and easing trade tensions would prompt a pick-up in 2020 and 2021.
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Climate change gets first mention in G20 finance communique of Trump era
RIYADH (Reuters) - Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) on Sunday referenced climate change in their final communique for the first time in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, but stopped short of calling it a major risk to the economy.
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Exclusive: If Lebanon needs financial aid, France will be there, finance minister says
RIYADH (Reuters) - France is ready to support Lebanon financially - bilaterally or multilaterally - its finance minister said on Sunday, warning against mixing economic recovery in the small Mediterranean state with U.S.-led efforts to counter Iran in the region.
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RBC to launch U.S. consumer bank betting on wealthy clients
(Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada plans to open a consumer bank in the United States early next year targeting wealthy clients, with the aim of expanding deposits, its chief financial officer told Reuters on Friday after the bank posted first-quarter profit that beat expectations.
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Pioneer Natural CEO calls on investors to divest in companies with high flaring
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, on Thursday called on energy investors to sell shares or pull funding from companies that have rates of natural gas flaring.
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YOUR MONEY: What it means to invest with a gender lens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When clients tell financial adviser Catherine Valega that they want to invest their money in women, they are not always clear what they mean.
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