Author Archives: Syndicated Content
First nuclear fusion plants to need $7 billion supply chain -survey
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies looking to harness the process that powers the sun and stars to generate electricity expect to spend about $7 billion by the time their first nuclea...
May 17, 2023
Ex-First Republic CEO says regulators did not express concerns, blames contagion for bank’s collapse
(Reuters) - The former chief executive of the First Republic Bank Michael Roffler blamed contagion spread from the failures of regional banks for the bank's collapse and said regulators did not expres...
May 17, 2023
Analysis-Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Southern Europe is bracing for a summer of ferocious drought, with some regions already suffering water shortages and farmers expecting their worst yields in decade...
May 17, 2023
No Singapore Airlines group A320neos with Pratt engines grounded – exec
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - None of the Airbus A320neo planes in the Singapore Airlines group with Pratt & Whitney engines are currently grounded over a lack of spares, Leslie Thng, CEO of Scoot, the airlin...
May 16, 2023
Smaller consultancies eye opportunities as China crackdown hits sector leader
By Samuel Shen and Xie Yu SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Smaller consultancy and due-diligence firms in China reckon they stand to gain once business returns to normal after the shock administered by ...
May 16, 2023
Chinese fishing boat capsizes in Indian Ocean, 39 crew members missing
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese fishing vessel with 39 crew members on board has capsized in the Indian ocean and President Xi Jinping has ordered that all efforts be made to search for survivors, state...
May 16, 2023
Asian shares tentative, US debt ceiling talks weigh on risk appetite
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares were subdued on Wednesday and the dollar hovered around a five-week peak as investors remained risk averse, with the U.S. debt ceiling talks and a ...
May 16, 2023
South Korea signs $130 million aid package with Ukrainian minister
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea signed an agreement with Ukraine on Wednesday on its plan to provide a $130 million financial aid package, a day after the visiting first lady of the war-hit country aske...
May 16, 2023
Japan PM Kishida to meet executives from top chip firms -sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to meet on Thursday with top executives from global semiconductor companies including TSMC to seek active investment in Japan, said two peo...
May 16, 2023
Taiwan’s Kuomintang picks New Taipei City mayor as presidential candidate
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) will pick New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih to be its presidential candidate, a senior party source told Reuters on Wednesday. The ...
May 16, 2023
