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Global shares take a breather after stellar month, China data upbeat
SYDNEY (Reuters) - World shares paused to assess a record-busting month on Monday as the prospect of a vaccine-driven economic recovery next year and yet more free money from central banks eclipsed concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in the near-term.
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares take a breather after stellar month, China data upbeat
SYDNEY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - World shares paused to assess a record-busting month on Monday as the prospect of a vaccine-driven economic recovery next year and yet more free money from central banks eclipsed concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in the near-term.
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China's factory activity expands at fastest pace in over three years
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in more than three years in November, keeping it on track to be the first major economy to fully recover from the coronavirus crisis.
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Exclusive: Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy.
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UPDATE 1-China's factory activity expands at fastest pace in over 3 yrs
BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in more than three years in November, keeping it on track to be the first major economy to fully recover from the coronavirus crisis.
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Japan factory output grows for fifth month, retail sales surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering further from the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Japan's Osaka inspires own manga character
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has inspired a new manga character to appear in an issue of Nakayoshi magazine next month, the publishers announced on Sunday.
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New Zealand regulator charges 13 parties over White Island eruption tragedy
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's workplace regulator will file charges against 13 parties following an investigation into a volcanic eruption on White Island in 2019 which killed 22 people, state broadcaster 1NEWS said on Monday.
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REFILE-EXCLUSIVE-Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign
BANGKOK, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that a Reuters analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favor of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy.
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Exclusive: Alibaba, Tencent put talks to buy iQIYI stake on hold due to price, regulatory concerns - sources
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have each held separate talks with Baidu Inc to acquire a controlling stake in video streaming service iQIYI Inc, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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