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LG shakes up loss-making phone business, to outsource lower-end models

SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics said on Monday it had reorganised its mobile phone division to increase outsourcing of its low to mid-end smartphones, which analysts said represented an attempt to cut costs and compete with Chinese rivals. LG's mobile communications business, which has reported an operating loss for 22 consecutive quarters, has created a new management title for original design...

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Enough talk, time for action – Five questions for the ECB

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Ritvik Carvalho and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - After months of raising expectations for more stimulus to shore up a coronavirus-hit economy, it's time for the European Central Bank to deliver -- any package at Thursday's meeting that doesn't pack a punch is likely to be met with disappointment. Southern (NYSE:SO) European debt yields have fallen towards record lows,...

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Capital One stops ‘risky’ buy-now-pay-later credit card transactions

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (NYSE:COF) (CapOne) has barred customers using its credit cards to clear buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) debt as the transactions bear unacceptable risk, it told Reuters, making it the first to distance itself from the finance alternative. The third-largest U.S. card firm with 62 million accounts, plus more in Canada and Britain, said...

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Kingfisher joins other retailers to return virus business rates relief aid

(Reuters) - Kingfisher (LON:KGF), which has benefited from a jump in do-it-yourself projects during coronavirus lockdowns, on Monday joined a growing list of retailers as it announced it would return COVID-19 business rates relief aid given by the UK and Ireland governments. The move follows similar announcements from big players Tesco (LON:TSCO), Sainsbury's and Morrisons to smaller ones,...

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Exclusive: U.S. preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown – sources

By Humeyra Pamuk and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing's disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong, according to three sources, including a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The move, which could come as soon as Monday, will target officials...

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Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker says some bank accounts unfrozen, no longer trusts HSBC

By Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Former Hong Kong democracy lawmaker and activist Ted Hui, who fled to Britain after facing criminal charges, said some of his bank accounts had been unfrozen and he had moved funds swiftly from HSBC because he no longer trusted the global bank. Hui, who faces charges linked to anti-government demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city last...

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Bayer signs deal to manufacture, sell Atara’s experimental cancer therapy

(Reuters) - Germany's Bayer AG (DE:BAYGN) said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Atara Biotherapeutics Inc to manufacture and sell the U.S. drugmaker's experimental cancer therapy, in a move that would expand its oncology pipeline. The deal, part of Bayer's new strategy, came after the company said last week it was setting up an organization within its healthcare...

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