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Greece says bailout deal close, but will not accept ‘illogical’ demands

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday he believed the country's drawn-out bailout review would be completed positively but repeated that Athens would not accept “illogical” demands by its lenders. Greece and its international lenders made clear progress on Friday toward bridging differences over its fiscal path in coming years, moving closer to a deal that …

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‘Significant uncertainty’ about fiscal policy under Trump: Fed’s Fischer

U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said there was significant uncertainty about U.S. fiscal policy under the Trump administration, but the Fed would be strict in meeting targets of creating full employment and getting inflation to 2 percent. Speaking at the Warwick Economics Summit on Saturday, Fischer also said he thought Dodd-Frank financial regulation would not be repealed as a whole, and he hoped capital requirements for banks would not be significantly reduced.

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VW no longer expects tax demands in Germany related to diesel scandal

Volkswagen does not expect the German government to make tax demands to cover revenue losses related to the carmaker's diesel scandal, a company spokesman said on Saturday. In Germany, motor vehicle taxes are tied to the

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China pledges further opening as leaders scramble for free trade

By Rosalba O'Brien and Kiyoshi Takenaka LIMA (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to open the economy further on Saturday as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sought new free-trade options following Donald Trump's election to U.S. president on promises to scrap or renegotiate trade deals. All eyes were on China at this year's APEC summit in Lima, Peru just over a week after Trump's surprise victory in the United States …

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Samsung placing product images in Youku videos, targeting Chinese viewers

By Malathi Nayak NEW YORK (Reuters) – Advertising technology company Mirriad says it is working with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and China's video site Youku to market Samsung products to Chinese viewers who are gravitating toward streaming video content. For instance, in …

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Piech, Porsche families say united behind VW management: Spiegel

The Piech and Porsche families that control more than 52 percent of Volkswagen have vowed to back senior management, setting aside past disputes as the carmaker struggles to overcome an emissions scandal, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. In a rare interview, …

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New York governor approves new regulations on Airbnb

(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo approved legislation on Friday that would place new regulations on online home rental companies like Airbnb. Existing New York state law bars most urban apartment-dwellers from renting out their units for less than 30 days if they are not present. The law recently passed by the state legislature would bar even …

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Venezuela’s Maduro says oil producers close to output cap deal

BAKU/DUBAI (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was quoted on Saturday as saying that OPEC and non-OPEC nations were “very close” to an agreement on oil production curbs, Azerbaijan's state news agency Azertag reported

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China market tsar in spotlight amid stock market turmoil

By Matthew Miller and Shu Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) – Xiao Gang, China's stock market tsar, once remarked that the only thing he'd done right in life was marry his wife. No doubt the self-effacing Xiao, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has

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Japan’s Asahi to submit bid next week for SABMiller’s Grolsch and Peroni: Yomiuri

Japanese beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings Ltd will submit a bid as early as next week to buy SABMiller PLC's Grolsch and Peroni beer brands for as much as 400 billion yen ($3.41 billion), the daily Yomiuri reported. If accepted, it would

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