Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB increasingly likely to cut rates before summer break, Nagel says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may be in a position to cut interest rates before the summer recess, possibly in June, as inflation is on its ways back to the bank's 2% target, Bundesb...
Mar 22, 2024
Italy regulator launches probe into Booking.com for potential abuse of dominant position
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust has opened a probe into Booking.com to establish whether the travel website is in a potential abuse of dominant position, the regulator said on Friday. The watchdog ...
Mar 22, 2024
Japan's government says it will keep working closely with BOJ to beat deflation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will continue to work closely with the Bank of Japan to conduct policy flexibly and beat deflation, a government report said on Friday. The government also said it...
Mar 22, 2024
German business sentiment rises in March, Ifo says
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale improved in March and beat expectations, a survey showed on Friday, though probably not enough to prevent Europe's biggest economy from slipp...
Mar 22, 2024
Futures tick up after Wall Street hits record highs
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Friday, setting Wall Street on course for strong weekly gains as investors cheered the Federal Reserve sticking to its rate-easing stance and awai...
Mar 22, 2024
EU proposes hitting Russia, Belarus grain imports with tariffs
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Friday imposing tariffs on imports of grain from Russia and Belarus in an attempt to curb the income of Moscow and its ally...
Mar 22, 2024
Over 70 Rohingya dead or missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia's Aceh
JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than 70 Rohingya are "presumed dead or missing" after a boat they were on capsized off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, while 75 have been rescued, the UNHCR refugee ag...
Mar 22, 2024
At least 40 fires set in night of arson across Thailand's south
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Attackers set fire to shops, cars and utility poles in at least 40 locations across Thailand's deep south in the early hours of Friday, authorities said, killing at least one perso...
Mar 22, 2024
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says main power line is up again
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian-controlled management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, said on Friday that a high-voltage line supplying it with electricity has been repa...
Mar 22, 2024
At least 23 Niger soldiers killed in ambush, defence ministry says
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Militants killed at least 23 Nigerien soldiers and wounded 17 more during an attack on a military unit in the northwestern corner of the country on Wednesday, the defence ministry s...
Mar 22, 2024
