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BOJ’s Kuroda defends his bazooka stimulus as ‘half successful’
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who retires in April, said his decade-long monetary experiment that sought to shock the public out of a deflationary min...
Mar 15, 2023
South Korea home prices fall again in Feb, but pace moderates
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's home prices fell for a ninth consecutive month in February but the pace of declines slowed for a second month following a series of government measures aimed at avertin...
Mar 15, 2023
Australia’s biggest pension funds not doing enough on climate, activist investor says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's five largest pension funds were not doing enough to push fossil fuel companies toward decarbonisation, activist investor group Market Forces said on Wednesday, arguing t...
Mar 15, 2023
Spring training roundup: Ehire Adrianza, Braves pound Phillies 15-5
Ehire Adrianza hit a grand slam and Marcell Ozuna also had four RBIs as the Atlanta Braves ran away with a 15-5 win over the host Philadelphia Phillies in a spring training game in Clearwater, Fla. Oz...
Mar 15, 2023
Prudential’s full year profit up 8%, COVID curbs removal a boost: CEO
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asia-focused insurer Prudential's operating profit rose 8% in 2022, boosted by new insurance sales despite the coronavirus pandemic, and its new boss said on Wednesday sales had p...
Mar 15, 2023
Factbox-Fresh turmoil in Pakistan as former PM Imran Khan faces arrest
(Reuters) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a court-ordered arrest by police in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday amid clashes between his supporters and law enforcement personne...
Mar 15, 2023
Taiwan presidential candidate pledges to protect against China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The candidate likely to represent the ruling party at Taiwan's next presidential election, Vice President William Lai, pledged on Wednesday to protect the island against China and e...
Mar 15, 2023
Time and money for love: China brainstorms ways to boost birth rate
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Concerned by China's shrinking population, political advisors to the government have come up with more than 20 recommendations to boost birth rates, though expert...
Mar 15, 2023
First Republic spoke to private equity before securing financing -sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - First Republic Bank spoke to at least one private equity firm about raising capital before it secured financing from JPMorgan Chase & Co and U.S. authorities intervened with suppo...
Mar 15, 2023
More than 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE -Human Rights Watch
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Emirati authorities of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have no lega...
Mar 15, 2023
