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Britain and Canada struck a rollover trade deal on Saturday to protect the flow of $27 billionworth of goods and services between them after Brexit, and vowed to start talks on a bespoke agreement next year.

Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group AG is in advanced talks to acquire MetLife Inc's U.S. property and casualty (P&C) car and home insurance unit for close to $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Unionised workers at Kia Motors Corp in South Korea will launch a partial strike on Nov. 24 over wages and worries about job security as the automaker pursues plans to produce electric vehicles (EV), Kia's union said on Thursday.

In a filing on Tuesday, Wipro said the voting from shareholders, which started on October 18 and ended on November 16, saw 99.78 per cent of the votes being cast in favour of the buyback offer.

Sales of rough diamonds at De Beers rose more than 12% in the latest sales cycle, its parent Anglo American said on Wednesday, as demand improves on the back of easing COVID19 restrictions and ahead of the December festive season.

Target Corp blew past analyst expectations for quarterly profit and sales on Wednesday as more Americans used the retailer's quickdelivery services to buy everything from electronics to home goods during the COVID19 pandemic.

The National Rifle Association agreed to a fiveyear ban on doing insurance business in New York state and will pay a $2.5 million civil fine to settle charges it offered insurance to members without a license and concealed how it routinely kept some premi...

Shipping group Maersk said on Wednesday it is confident about the outlook for shipping beyond 2020 as a second wave of coronavirus infections has only had a limited impact on global freight volumes.

British electric van startup Arrival has agreed to merge with CIIG Merger Corp to get a U.S. listing at a market valuation of about $5.4 billion, it said on Wednesday.

General Motors Co will roll out details of an expanded and accelerated electric vehicle strategy on Thursday in an effort to convince investors it can be a serious competitor to Tesla Inc, people familiar with the plans said.

Franklin Templeton MF shut six debt mutual fund schemes on April 23, citing redemption pressures and lack of liquidity in the bond market. The six schemes received Rs 941 crore from maturities, pre-payments and coupon payments during the period October 30...

The Federal Aviation Administration is expected on Wednesday to clear Boeings 737 Max to fly again after grounding the jet for nearly two years due to a pair of crashes that killed 346 people.

Asian equities were set for a sluggish open on Wednesday, tracking a lower Wall Street session as concerns over rising coronavirus cases and fresh lockdowns dampened the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs.

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Saudi Aramco was set to raise $8 billion (£6 billion) from a fivepart bond deal on Tuesday as the world's largest oil producer seeks cash after low oil prices dented its finances.

Gold inched down but held in a narrow range on Tuesday, as a weaker dollar and concerns about mounting coronavirus cases and their impact on the economy vied with optimism about the race to deliver a vaccine.