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    China Evergrande supplies funds for interest payment, set to avert default

    China · 3:16 AM UTC

    China Evergrande Group has supplied funds to pay interest on a dollar bond, a source told Reuters on Friday, days before a deadline that would have plunged the embattled developer into formal default.

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    China Evergrande supplies funds for interest payment, set to avert default
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    United States · 3:50 AM UTC

    Biden backs down on corporate tax hikes, open to altering filibuster

    U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday backed away from pledged tax increases to fund planned infrastructure and social spending, and also said he was open to reforming Senate voting rights by "fundamentally altering" its filibuster custom.

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    Asian tech shares jump, China property stocks rally as Evergrande makes payment

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