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Biden picks Rohit Chopra to lead consumer protection agency

The Federal Trade Commission member helped launch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2011 and served as its assistant director, NBC News reports.

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HSBC CEO expresses regret to Hong Kong activist over frozen bank accounts

Noel Quinn told former lawmaker Ted Hui bank was following police instruction

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China’s economy expands at faster rate than before coronavirus

Gross domestic product rises 6.5% in fourth quarter

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China says its economy grew 2.3% in 2020, but consumer spending fell

Gross domestic product grew by 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data from National Bureau of Statistics showed.

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Brazil clears emergency use of Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines

President Jair Bolsonaro is under growing pressure to start inoculations in Brazil, which has the worst Covid-19 death toll outside the United States.

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Rock-bottom rates drive soaring Asian issuance of dollar bonds

Debt sales by governments and companies pass $45bn since start of year

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