Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chinese snap up lottery tickets amid economic gloom
BEIJING (Reuters) - April sales of Chinese lottery tickets jumped to their highest in a decade, data showed on Wednesday, with economists saying young people in particular were keener to try their luc...
May 24, 2023
IMF’s Georgieva confident US will not default on debt
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) - The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday she was confident the United States would avoid a debt default. T...
May 24, 2023
Jilin Jinguan electric to build road between Iran and Russia for new energy facilities
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shenzhen-listed Jilin Jinguan Electric Co Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a road between Iran and Russia for the constructions of new energy facilities, it ...
May 24, 2023
PacWest shares extend recovery on sale of real-estate lending unit
(Reuters) - Shares of PacWest Bancorp climbed 6.4% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the U.S. mid-sized lender agreed to sell its property lending unit in the second asset sale this week to bols...
May 24, 2023
Exclusive-Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China – sources
By Filipp Lebedev, Lucy Papachristou and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - The director of a top Russian science institute, arrested on suspicion of treason along with two other hypersonic missile tec...
May 24, 2023
Soccer-Argentina to visit Indonesia for national team friendly
JAKARTA (Reuters) - World Cup winners Argentina will visit Indonesia next month for a friendly against its national team, its top football official said on Wednesday, in a boost for a country that has...
May 24, 2023
Factbox-Who’s who in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the legality of race-conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities, a practice called affirmati...
May 24, 2023
Bank of Montreal quarterly profit rises on higher interest income
(Reuters) - Bank of Montreal's second-quarter profit jumped as higher interest rates shored up the lender's net interest income, the Canadian bank said on Wednesday. Net income excluding one-off items...
May 24, 2023
Explainer-What happens if the US Supreme Court bans affirmative action?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule by the end of June on whether colleges and universities can continue to consider race as part of their student admissions decisions, a pr...
May 24, 2023
Canada’s BMO, Scotiabank report lower income on higher provisions
(Reuters) - Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia on Wednesday reported lower adjusted earnings at home as the Canadian banks set aside higher provisions. The results come as investor confidence ha...
May 24, 2023
