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Walmarts Flipkart Expands Grocery Sales to Indian Cities

Walmartowned Flipkart will sell groceries online in more Indian cities, as it seeks to compete better with Amazon and Reliance in an ecommerce market that has grown rapidly during the COVID19 pandemic. Flipkart has already expanded online grocery sales to more than 50 Indian cities and intends to reach over 70 locations in the next […]
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ECB has Flexibility to Counter Undesired Yield Rise

The European Central Bank has the flexibility to counter any undesired rise in bond yields, the banks vice president told a Portuguese newspaper after several policymakers called on the bank to act. We will have to see whether this increase in nominal yields will have a negative impact on financing conditions, de Guindos told Público […]
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UK House Price Growth Picks Up Unexpectedly in February

British house price growth picked up unexpectedly last month, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday, defying expectations of a slowdown as finance minister Rishi Sunak readies new budget measures to boost the market. House prices rose 6.9 in annual terms in February from 6.4 in January, Nationwide said, above all forecasts in a Reuters poll […]
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Japan Lower House Approves Record Budget

TOKYO, March 2 Reuters Japans powerful lower house on Tuesday passed a record 1 trillion budget for the coming financial year, and lawmakers are already debating further stimulus to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Like many other nations, Japan has spent heavily to counter the pandemic. The budget for the year […]
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Beacon Street to Go Public via 3 Billion SPAC Merger

Reuters Beacon Street Group will go public through a merger with blankcheck firm Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp, in a deal that pegs the financial research subscriptions services proforma enterprise value at 3 billion. The cash portion of the deal, announced on Tuesday, will be financed by the 414 million raised in an initial public offering […]
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