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IMF upgrades global growth outlook again as some COVID clouds begin to clear By Reuters

(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund raised its outlook for global economic growth again on Tuesday, forecasting worldwide output would rise 6% this year, a rate unseen since the 1970s, thanks largely to the unprecedented policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. That upgrade, from 5.5% less than three months ago, largely reflects a rapidly brightening outlook for the U.S. economy, which the...

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IMF favours global minimum corporate tax – chief economist By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has long favored adoption of a global minimum tax on corporate profits, the Fund's chief economist, Gita Gopinath, told reporters on Tuesday. Gopinath said current disparities in national corporate tax rates had triggered "a large amount" of tax shifting and tax avoidance, reducing the tax base on which governments could collect revenues to fund needed...

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Rescue of UK clothing chain Peacocks saves about 2,000 jobs By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British discount clothing chain Peacocks has been bought out of administration by Steve Simpson, the chief operating officer of Edinburgh Woollen Mill, backed by a consortium of international investors, saving about 2,000 jobs. Peacocks fell into administration in November, blaming the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. EWM Group, the private investment group controlled by the family of Philip Day...

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Euro Zone Fiscal Stimulus in 2021 Actually Beats U.S., UBS Says By Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Contrary to conventional wisdom, the euro zone will benefit more from fiscal stimulus this year than the U.S., according to UBS Group AG (SIX:UBSG). Arend Kapteyn, global head of economics and strategy research, says directly comparing the size of U.S. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion package with the euro area’s mish-mash of national measures and its 750 billion-euro ($885 billion) joint...

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Bezos, Musk top Forbes’ record-setting billionaire list By Reuters

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Forbes' annual world's billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday. The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies...

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UK should put U.S. on ‘green list’ for flying, Virgin Atlantic boss says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britons should be able to travel to the United States with only a COVID-19 test and no need for isolation when Britain launches its traffic-light system for travel, the head of Virgin Atlantic said on Tuesday. Britain has said it will rank countries green, amber or red depending on their levels of infection and vaccination, and presence of...

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UK PM Johnson says want to make travel testing regime easy as possible By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said he wanted a testing regime for international travel to be easy and cheap, hinting that rapid tests could be used after criticism from the airline industry that current requirements were onerous. The boss of easyJet (LON:EZJ) Johan Lundgren has criticised some of the government's plans to restart travel, questioning the role...

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