Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU leaders to back tighter euro zone fiscal stance in 2025
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will back on Friday a slightly tighter fiscal policy for the euro zone next year, to help bring down inflation and make public finance m...
Mar 22, 2024
Over half of economists expect BOJ to hike rates further this year - Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - More than a half of economists expect the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates further this year, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, possibly taking them to as h...
Mar 22, 2024
Soccer-Hrustic's return adds a touch of class to Australia's qualifying campaign
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ajdin Hrustic was one of Australia's most influential players in the lead-up to the last World Cup but two years of injury and club issues have largely deprived the Socceroos of his...
Mar 22, 2024
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Indonesia's Java island, geophysics agency says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the shore of Indonesia's Java island on Friday, at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles), Indonesia's geophysics agency (BKMG) said. The quake has no p...
Mar 22, 2024
Exclusive-UK's Legal & General shelves China business license plan, cuts headcount, sources say
By Xie Yu and Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - British insurer and asset manager Legal & General has shelved a plan to obtain a China business license and more than halved onshore headcount, two source...
Mar 22, 2024
PepsiCo to invest $400 million more in two new plants in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) - U.S. food and drink maker PepsiCo Inc has committed to investing an additional $400 million in Vietnam to build two new plants powered by renewable energy in the country, its governm...
Mar 22, 2024
Indian IT stocks tumble as Accenture "pours water" on hopes of rebound in demand
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Indian IT services firm tumbled more than 3% on Friday, a day after Accenture cut its fiscal 2024 revenue forecast, dashing hopes of a rebound in demand recovery. The N...
Mar 22, 2024
Russia, Ukraine see crisis eventually resolved through talks, China's special envoy says
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine believe that their crisis will be solved through talks, even as both are adamant on their positions and have huge differences when it comes to peace ...
Mar 22, 2024
China yuan drops to four-month low, state banks step in
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's yuan weakened to a four-month low against the dollar on Friday, breaching a key threshold and prompting state-owned banks to step in to defend the currency. In the spot ma...
Mar 22, 2024
Russian missile strikes damage power supply in Ukraine's Kharkiv
(Reuters) - About 15 blasts were heard in Ukraine's Kharkiv on Friday morning, mayor Ihor Terekhov said, and Russian missile strikes appeared to be targeting the city's power supply, causing partial b...
Mar 22, 2024
