Author Archives: Syndicated Content

BEIJING (Reuters) - The artistic director of Moscow's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural boycott since R...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is developing a scheme for banks to provide a financing facility for exporters who keep their earnings onshore, after business groups complained that new rules made it ha...

(Reuters) - Australia's Pacific Current Group received a non-binding buyout proposal from Regal Partners Ltd, which values the asset manager at A$573.5 million ($388.1 million), the companies said on ...

By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) - Italy's southern island of Sicily has been devastated by wildfires that have killed three elderly people, its regional president said, as a heatwave and severe sto...

PARIS (Reuters) - Vacation rentals company Airbnb said on Wednesday that it had noted an "exceptional level" of demand for properties in the greater Paris region, known as Ile-de-France, just a year a...

Phnom Penh (Reuters) - Cambodia's Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down as prime minister, and that his son Hun Manet would take over in the coming weeks. "Hun Manet...will become t...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will maintain accommodative monetary conditions for companies, Governor Kazuo Ueda was quoted as saying at a key government meeting on Wednesday. While dollar...

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (Reuters) - Two goals in two first-half minutes gave Japan a 2-0 win over Costa Rica at Dunedin Stadium on Wednesday to all but secure the 2011 champions a spot in the knockout ro...

PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in LVMH fell sharply on Wednesday as analysts said that an in-line increase in sales at the world's top luxury indicated the overall sector was moving towards a less impressive...

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States Coast Guard is in talks with Pacific Island countries to expand its maritime law enforcement role by allowing U.S. officers to board and search v...