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Alibaba's Jack Ma rules out comeback after he steps down next year
Jack Ma, the charismatic billionaire co-founder of Chinese e-tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), said he would not look to return as...
CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS
RPT-FEATURE-In Hong Kong, disposable fashion gets a recycled makeover
(Adds PIX code) By Marianne Bray HONG KONG, Sept 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Hong Kong, more than 340 tonnes of textile waste is dumped each day into the ...
BASIC MATERIALS
FTSE steadies after US tariff decision; tobacco stocks weigh
The UK's top share index steadied in morning trade on Tuesday, weighed down by losses among tobacco stocks, although investors took in their stride Washington's decision to go a...
BASIC MATERIALS
U.S. gives rare earths reprieve in revised $200 billion China tariff list
The United States did not include rare earth elements, metals used in magnets, radars and consumer electronics, from its final list of tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, ...
CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS
Soccer-'90 percent chance Girona v Barcelona in U.S.' - Tebas
La Liga chief Javier Tebas has said there is a 90 percent chance the first Spanish top flight game in the United States will be Girona's 'home' match against Barcelona in Januar...
FINANCIALS
CORRECTED-China shares edge higher in cautious trade as tariff comment deadline expires
Stocks in China ended higher on Friday, but the Shanghai Composite index and blue-chip shares closed lower for the week, as a deadline for public comments on fresh U.S. trade ta...
HEALTHCARE
AstraZeneca gets FDA breakthrough therapy label for asthma treatment
AstraZeneca Plc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had granted a breakthrough therapy label for its drug to treat a type of severe asthma, potentially speeding...
HEALTHCARE
COLUMN-Commentary: Covering the world, paralyzed from the shoulders down
Twelve years ago this week, I woke up in a wrecked vehicle on a front-line road in eastern Sri Lanka. My neck was broken, I was paralyzed from the shoulders down and it took a m...
TECHNOLOGY