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Analysis: No knockout, but new U.S. sanctions add to Russia’s ‘slow destruction’

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FILE PHOTO: A view shows Russian rouble coins in this illustration picture taken March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo April 16, 2021 By Marc Jones, Sujata Rao and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) – For all the insouciance with which markets treated Washington’s latest sanctions on Russia, its move to target Moscow’s main funding avenue – …

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Analysis: More wheat feeding and pig disease outbreaks pose double threat to China soymeal demand

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FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen on a family farm in Xiaoxinzhuang village, Hebei province, China January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dominique Patton April 15, 2021 By Hallie Gu and Naveen Thukral BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s wheat feeding to pigs and poultry has dented demand for alternate feeds and clouded the market outlook for soybean meal and other …

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Analysis: Cuban Communists under pressure to accelerate economic reforms

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FILE PHOTO: A bicycle taxi passes by a parked vintage American car in Havana, Cuba January 18, 2016. Like many of its Caribbean neighbors, communist-governed Cuba imports more than two-thirds of its food, despite having rich farmland and hundreds of urban farms sprouting up in old parking lots, rooftops, or other small plots of unused …

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Analysis: Chinese tech start-ups pull IPO plans as Beijing tightens scrutiny

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FILE PHOTO: A sign for STAR Market, China’s new Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen after the listing ceremony of the first batch of companies at Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) in Shanghai, China July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer April 12, 2021 By Samuel Shen and Scott Murdoch SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – A growing number of Chinese tech …

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Analysis – A tale of two tapers: This time is different for a Fed focused on jobs

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FILE PHOTO: Traders work, as a screen shows Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s news conference on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo April 12, 2021 By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Eight years ago this month Jerome Powell, …

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Analysis: Investors keep faith in U.S. value stocks as tech roars back

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A trader exits the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the trading day in New York, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid April 9, 2021 By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rebound in growth and technology stocks has investors gauging whether a months-long rally in the shares of banks, energy companies and other …

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Analysis: A taxing question for multinationals leaves stocks unscathed

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque//File Photo April 8, 2021 By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – A global minimum corporate tax rate could deal a major blow to the multinationals …

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Analysis: U.S. voting law debates stoke tussle over airline tax breaks

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FILE PHOTO: Protesters gather outside of the Georgia State Capitol to protest HB 531, which would place tougher restrictions on voting in Georgia, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 4, 2021. Georgia enacted the restrictions on March 25. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers/File Photo April 8, 2021 By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) – Airlines are bracing for challenges to …

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Analysis: Mexico vs Brazil: Populist presidents confound investors

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FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo April 8, 2021 By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a left wing populist and a far-right lawmaker rose to power in Latin America’s …

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Analysis: Electric shock – German auto stocks get a new lease of life

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FILE PHOTO: The BMW iNEXT electric autonomous concept car is introduced during a BMW press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo March 22, 2021 By Danilo Masoni and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) – Volkswagen and BMW’s plans to grab market share in the …

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