Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan finance minister warns against excessive weakening as yen strikes 7-mth low
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan would take appropriate steps should the yen weaken excessively, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday after the currency plumbed seven-month lows ...
Jun 29, 2023
Pakistan, IMF reach staff-level pact to release stalled funds
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff-level pact with the IMF on a $3-billion stand-by agreement, the lender said on Thursday, a decision long awaited by the Sout...
Jun 29, 2023
IAEA chief to visit Fukushima nuclear power plant next week, Japan says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will visit Japan during July 4-7 to see the F...
Jun 29, 2023
Global mergers and acquisitions plunge in Q2 but dealmakers see green shoots
By Anirban Sen and Andres Gonzalez NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell 36% year-on-year in the second quarter, but investment bankers and lawyers expressed ...
Jun 29, 2023
China’s factory activity extends declines as demand weakens
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China's manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in June, albeit at a slower pace, an official factory survey showed on Friday, as pressure builds fo...
Jun 29, 2023
Asia shares edge lower on rate hike worries, yen frail
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks eased on Friday after a set of strong U.S. economic data bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve will likely keep interest rates higher for lon...
Jun 29, 2023
Yen weakens past key 145 per dollar level; yuan falls after China PMI data
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen weakened past 145 per dollar on Friday, a level which kept speculators wary of potential intervention from Japanese authorities, while a faltering economic rec...
Jun 29, 2023
U.S. State Dept OKs two possible military sales to Taiwan -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of ammunition and logistics supply support to Taiwan in two separate deals valued at up to $440 million, the Pentagon sa...
Jun 29, 2023
China’s Xi to attend, deliver speech at SCO summit via video link – foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's President Xi Jinping will attend and deliver a speech at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via video link on July 4, the Chinese foreign ministry said ...
Jun 29, 2023
Prominent Mexican vigilante leader slain in violent attack
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of Michoacan was slain on Thursday, the local government said, in a brutal attack that le...
Jun 29, 2023
