Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss launch instant payments scheme
ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has moved closer to a cashless society after it market-launched its instant payment scheme, which allows fund transfers in a matter of seconds, the Swiss National Bank an...
Aug 21, 2024
Rupee slips; forward premiums biased higher ahead of US payroll revisions
By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian rupee weakened on Wednesday pressed by importers' dollar bids, while forward premiums nudged up with traders anticipating a sharper rise if revised U.S....
Aug 21, 2024
Myanmar households crippled as currency tumbles to record low
(Reuters) - A rapid depreciation of Myanmar's currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ordinary households in the Southeast Asian country wrecked by civi...
Aug 21, 2024
Japan sees record 3.29 million visitors in July, tourism agency says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan set a new record high for monthly visitors in July, official data showed on Friday, as the weak yen fuelled a tourism boom. The number of foreign visitors for business and leis...
Aug 21, 2024
Chile's SQM posts 63% slump in profit, expects weak lithium prices to stay
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's SQM, the world's second-largest lithium producer, reported a bigger-than-expected 63.2% slide in its quarterly profit on Wednesday due to weak prices of the battery metal,...
Aug 21, 2024
Michelle Obama tells Trump presidency just may be a 'Black job'
By Stephanie Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Obama tore into Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, criticizing his character and racist at...
Aug 21, 2024
BOJ to raise rates again by end-year, say 57% of economists - Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again by year-end, according to more than half the economists in a Reuters poll published on Wednesday, with those who...
Aug 21, 2024
Morning Bid: Jobs in focus after the rebound
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets' sparkling recovery from early August's sell-off has hit an air pocket, with Asian shares down on Wednesday and Tuesda...
Aug 21, 2024
Hong Kong's bourse reports 3% drop in first-half profits, Q2 activities pick up
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's bourse operator said it's cautiously optimistic for the year despite a 3% drop in first-half profits on sluggish trading and subdued listing activities, ...
Aug 21, 2024
Indonesia's Golkar party poised to elect Jokowi ally as chief
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest political party, is expected to inaugurate a key ally of President Joko Widodo as its new chief on Wednesday, a move party members say could enab...
Aug 21, 2024
