Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB's Rehn: Rate cuts can continue if downward inflation trend strengthens
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Central Bank can continue cutting interest rates if confidence in the slowing inflation trend strengthens in the near future, Finnish ECB policymaker Olli Rehn said i...
Aug 07, 2024
Catalan separatist Puigdemont says he is returning to Spain, faces likely arrest
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Wednesday he was returning after seven years in self-imposed exile to Spain, where he would likely be arrested ov...
Aug 07, 2024
Olympics-Climbing-Poland's Miroslaw wins gold medal in speed event
PARIS (Reuters) - Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw won the gold medal in women's speed climbing at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. China's Deng Lijuan took the silver and Poland's Aleksandra Kalucka won ...
Aug 07, 2024
China to probe four rural banks for suspected treasury bond manipulation
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A financial market association under China's central bank said on Wednesday it will investigate four rural commercial banks over suspected manipulation in the treasuries m...
Aug 07, 2024
KKR to help Fuji Soft go private under $4 billion management buyout, Nikkei reports
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co plans to help Japanese system developer Fuji Soft go private under a management buyout worth about 600 billion yen ($4.09 billion), the Nikkei b...
Aug 07, 2024
Cocoa prices to head higher by end-2024 amid record deficit: Reuters poll
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Cocoa prices are expected to continue heading higher this year due to persistent supply shortages that will leave them at more than double last year's levels by the...
Aug 07, 2024
Shopify beats quarterly revenue estimates on AI boost
(Reuters) - Shopify beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as the Canadian company's artificial intelligence-powered tools helped pull in more merchants to its e-commerce service...
Aug 07, 2024
Analysis-Harris draws more support among Black voters, Trump up slightly among white voters
By Jason Lange and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is drawing more support from Black voters than President Joe Biden did when he was in the rac...
Aug 07, 2024
Bangladesh garment factories reopen after Sheikh Hasina's flight
By Sam Jahan and Tanvi Mehta DHAKA (Reuters) - Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday hoping to swiftly resume full operations aft...
Aug 07, 2024
Freed Russian prisoner Orlov says there is discussion of further exchanges
By Daria Shamonova, Filipp Lebedev and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN (Reuters) - Dissidents freed from Russian jails under a prisoner swap between Russia and the West last week have discussed the possibility ...
Aug 07, 2024
