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BOJ Plans Policy Sustainability Review as Price Falls Deepen

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan pledged Friday to assess the sustainability of its easing policy without changing its main framework just hours after data showed consumer prices falling at the fastest pace in a decade. At the end of the two-day policy meeting, the BOJ also kept its key interest rates and asset purchases unchanged, and extended its special support programs for...

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‘A real kick in the teeth’- UK business groups raise concern over new COVID restrictions

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Business groups expressed concerns over Britain's new COVID-19 restrictions, with the Confederation of British Industry calling them a "real kick in the teeth" for many businesses. Matthew Fell, the CBI's chief UK policy director, told Reuters in an emailed statement that the move would hit businesses which were already struggling badly, and the government needed to take...

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U.K. Warns Brexit Talks ‘Blocked’ as Time to Reach Deal Runs Out

(Bloomberg) -- Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, warned progress in the talks has been “blocked and time is running out” as leaders from both sides played down expectations a deal will be reached. Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday evening, after which he said the talks were in a “serious situation” and would...

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Daily Briefing: Black eye Friday reality check

By Julien Ponthus European futures are cautiously lower, which matches the cautious mood of 2020's Black Eye Friday: far from the wild office parties and nights out, most of Europe is under tight restrictions. The last Friday before Christmas is typically one of the busiest of the year for the British police and emergency services as revellers flock en masse to city...

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‘Powerful tradecraft’: how foreign cyber-spies compromised America

By Christopher Bing, Joseph Menn, Raphael Satter and Jack Stubbs (Reuters) - Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America's top cyber defense chief boasted how well his organizations protect the country from spies. U.S. teams were “understanding the adversary better than the adversary understands themselves,” said General Paul...

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U.S. lawmakers make push for airplane certification reforms

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are making a final push in 2020 to win approval of landmark reforms to how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 MAX crashes, five people briefed on the matter said Saturday. On Nov. 18, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed a bill to...

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