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• Japan December Services Sector Shrinks at Fastest Pace in Over Three Years: PMI

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's services sector saw its deepest contraction in more than three years in December as business activity took a hit from weak... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Swiss Franc Holds Gains Versus Dollar on U.S.-Iran Risk

  By Stanley WhiteTOKYO (Reuters) - The Swiss franc held gains against the dollar on Tuesday as traders sought save-havens amid heightened anxiety about... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Asia Stocks Attempt a Rally as Iran Anxiety Ebbs

  By Wayne ColeSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as a day passed without a new escalation in the Middle East and Wall Street erased early losse... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Facing Brexit Unknowns, UK Financial Sector Pays Record Taxes

  By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial industry paid a record near-$100 billion in taxes in the year to March, reaffirming its central role in... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Left's Citron Hedge Fund Posts 43% Gain in First Year

  By Svea Herbst-BaylissBOSTON (Reuters) - Andrew Left, who has long targeted companies that he thinks are over-valued through his work at Citron Research, told... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Russia's VTB Sues Mozambique State Firm at Center of $2 Billion Debt Scandal

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Russian state lender VTB (MM:VTBR) has filed a lawsuit in Britain's High Court against a Mozambican government company it lent... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Top U.S. Diplomat Pompeo Not Planning 2020 Senate Run: Media Reports

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate sea... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Uber, Hyundai Motor Team up to Develop Electric Air Taxi

  By Hyunjoo JinSEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (N:UBER) and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor (KS:005380) plan to jointl... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2020

• Toyota to Build Prototype City of the Future in Japan

  By Jane Lanhee Lee and David ShepardsonLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203) said on Monday it plans to build a prototype "city of the future" at... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Insight Partners to Buy Cybersecurity Firm Armis at $1.1 Billion Valuation

  (Reuters) - U.S.-based private equity firm Insight Partners will buy cybersecurity firm Armis at a valuation of $1.1 billion, the companies said on... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Fed Faces New Trade-offs, Hunts for New Model, in Low-rate World

  By Howard Schneider and Ann SaphirSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - An unprecedented combination of low U.S. unemployment, weak inflation and low interest rates has the U.S... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Mitsubishi Motors Enlists Israeli Startup as Japan Plays Catch up on Connected...

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp has signed on to Israeli startup Otonomo's car-data marketplace as Japanese automakers race to make up ground on... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Trump Vows Possible Disproportionate Strikes on Iran Targets

  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump told U.S. lawmakers on Sunday he was prepared to strike Iran “in a disproportionate manner” if the Islamic Republic hits... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Yen Rises, Stock Futures Drop on Mideast Tensions: Markets Wrap

  (Bloomberg) -- Stock futures declined and the yen and gold advanced in the wake of escalating Middle East tensions as Asian financial markets return to full... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Wildfire-Weary Australians See No End to Unprecedented Calamity

  (Bloomberg) -- Exhausted firefighters welcomed cooler weather and patchy rain in blaze-ravaged southeastern Australia Monday after a calamitous few days, even a... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Gold, Oil Surge in Asia as U.S., Iran Exchange Threats

  By Wayne ColeSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets looked to be heading into turbulence on Monday as a flare-up of tensions in the Middle East sent gold to... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Oil Jumps Near $70 as U.S. Says Iran May Strike Saudi Again

  (Bloomberg) -- Oil’s wild ride continued as the U.S. warned Iran may attack Saudi Arabia again following the American assassination of one of the Islamic... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Gold Climbs to Highest Level Since 2013 on Iran-U.S. Tension

  (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose to the highest level in more than six years as rising tensions in the Middle East stoked geopolitical uncertainty and demand for haven... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Three Swing-district Democrats Back Joe Biden's Presidential Bid

  By Trevor Hunnicutt(Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020

• Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal as Killing Fallout Widens

  (Bloomberg) -- Fallout widened from last week’s killing of a top Iranian military commander by a U.S. drone in Baghdad, as Iraq’s parliament voted to expel... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2020