Dollar beats euro for first week since mid-June after bullish data - Reuters

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E

* Dollar loses out amid doubts about U.S. economy

* U.S.-China friction does not stop yuan bulls

* Yuan returns to pre-Wuhan lockdown levels

* Euro may gain amid focus on manufacturing data

By Stanley White

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Dollar on backfoot amid economic doubts, yuan shines - Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar on Friday gained against the euro for the first week since mid-June after data showed a strong uptick in U.S, business activity, while the single currency was held down as an August batch of European business surveys pointed to a stuttering economic recovery.

FILE PHOTO: A man is seen in front of a sheet of five Euro notes at the opening of the new Central Bank of Ireland offices in Dublin, Ireland April 24, 201

Euro drops as business recovery stutters in August - Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar on Friday gained against the euro for the first week since mid-June after data showed a strong uptick in U.S, business activity, while the single currency was held down as an August batch of European business surveys pointed to a stuttering economic recovery.

FILE PHOTO: A man is seen in front of a sheet of five Euro notes at the opening of the new Central Bank of Ireland offices in Dublin, Ireland April 24, 201

Japan's consumer prices mired as deflation spectre looms - Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core consumer prices were stubbornly unchanged in July, dashing hopes for a modest rise as the coronavirus pandemic hit household demand and revived fears of a national plunge back into deflation.

FILE PHOTO: A shopper wearing a protective mask pushes a shopping cart at Japan's supermarket group Aeon's shopping mall as the mall reopens amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chiba, Japan May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Record-breaking stocks take a breather, data weighs on dollar - Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jump in U.S. business activity and home sales helped push global equities and the dollar higher on Friday, counteracting earlier stock declines in Europe. Oil fell about 1%.

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

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Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was better than Amazon's - Reuters

(Reuters) - Two shareholders in self-driving car startup Zoox Inc have sued the company, alleging that a rival bid would have been better for common stockholders than a $1.3 billion offer from Amazon.com ( AMZN.O ) announced in June.

The lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery filed August 18 but publicly released on Wednesday alleges that the Amazon deal created disproportionate rewards for executives and investors holding preferred shares at the expense of common stockholders.

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Trump adviser O'Brien says possible poisoning of Navalny very concerning: Fox News interview - Reuters

FILE PHOTO: National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien arrives before U.S. President Donald Trump delivers joint remarks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a proposed new Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Thursday the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was very concerning and it could impact U


Chinese students in Australia head home as coronavirus upends study - Reuters Australia

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Just a few months after arriving in Sydney for a planned two-year stay, university students Maggie Zhang and boyfriend Sunny Gu sat down to make a “pros and cons” list about life in Australia.

Shiyu Bao (centre) and her fellow classmates who are international students from China, get ready to take pictures in their graduation gowns around campus at the University of Sydney, after their in-person graduation ceremony was cancelled during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in
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Biden on North Korea: Fewer summits, tighter sanctions, same standoff - Reuters

SEOUL/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - No more “Little Rocket Man”, exchanging love letters or summit pageantry.

FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden (front, L) shakes hands with South Korean and U.S. soldiers during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, December 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool/File Photo

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