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By Reuters Staff (Repeats to correct numbering in slug keyword used by media subscribers) TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Japan’s Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto has emerged as the preferred candidate to succeed Yoshiro Mori as president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee after he stepped down last week, public broadcaster NHK said. Mori’s recent resignation over sexist remarks is the latest blow for the Summer Games, already been marred by an unprecedented delay and strong public oppositio...

路透新闻部 2 分钟阅读 (Corrects currency to U.S. dollars from Canadian dollars in headline, value of capital cost estimate in paragraph 5) Feb 12 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc on Friday forecast higher costs for its long-contested pipeline replacement project, citing regulatory and permitting delays, winter construction and COVID-19 protocols, among other reasons. Line 3, built in the 1960s, ships crude from a Canadian oil hub in Edmonton, Alberta, to U.S. Midwest refiners, and carries less...

French Health Minister Olivier Veran went to the eastern area of Moselle on Friday to try to contain highly contagious COVID-19 variants as regional authorities called for a local lockdown.

By Reuters Staff (Refiles to make para 6 read “upgraded” rather than “downgraded”) Feb 10 (Reuters) - New Zealand authorities early on Thursday urged residents along its northern coast to avoid beaches and shore areas after a strong earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the Pacific. The New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency said people should get out of the water, off beaches and away from harbours, rivers and estuaries in areas from Ahipara to Bay of Islands,...

(Fixes typo in paragraph two) PARIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - French waste and water management firm Veolia vowed on Monday to press ahead with its bid for smaller rival Suez despite new legal hurdles and a government warning over the increasingly hostile takeover battle. The standoff between the two historic competitors and heirs to 19th century water companies that have become global firms has descended into a series of tit-for-tat manoeuvres as Suez tries to fend off Veolia. Veolia, which has argue...

* China, India boost performance in Q4 * Sets long-term USG targets of 3-5% growth * Will save 2 bln euros, cut debt in new strategic plan Feb 4 (Reuters) - Unilever is targeting long-term sales growth of 3% to 5% after a recovery in China and India helped the consumer goods group to gain momentum in the final three months of 2020. But the company’s emerging market performance in the fourth quarter missed some market expectations, hitting the group’s shares which lost around 4% in early Lon...

(Adds details on market volatility, ethics memo) WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling a meeting of top financial regulators this week to discuss market volatility driven by retail trading in GameStop Corp and other stocks. Yellen will convene the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a Treasury official said on Tuesday. Yellen sought and rec...

(Fixes garbling in headline) OTTAWA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 0.7% in December from 1.0% the previous month amid a new round of COVID-19 lockdowns and declining costs of airplane tickets, clothing and footwear, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Headline inflation was below analyst expectations for inflation to remain at November’s 1.0% rate. Consumer prices fell 0.2% on the month, as did the cost of food. “It’s an unexpected slowdown in inflation,�...

* Exports +18.1% y/y in Dec vs +15% poll forecast * Imports +6.5% y/y in Dec vs +5% poll forecast * 2020 trade performance robust despite pandemic disruptions BEIJING, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Chinese exports grew more than expected in December, customs data showed on Thursday, as coronavirus disruptions around the world fuelled demand for Chinese goods even as a stronger yuan made exports more expensive for overseas buyers. A robust domestic recovery also spurred Chinese appetite for foreign product...

* Intel jumps on replacing CEO Bob Swan * Exxon rises on J.P. Morgan upgrade to “overweight” * Regeneron up as U.S. govt orders more COVID-19 therapy doses * Indexes: Dow and S&P down 0.13%, Nasdaq flat Jan 13 (Reuters) - Wall Street’s main indexes slipped on Wednesday as investors digested a recent run to record highs on hopes of new fiscal package and vaccine rollouts for the coronavirus-ravaged economy, while Intel shares jumped on executive change. The chipmaker said it would replace ...