Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Egypt to use daylight saving time again in a bid to save energy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will again use daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year gap, the cabinet said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of government efforts to save energy. Last year th...
Mar 01, 2023
Finnish parliament passes NATO bill with large majority
By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed its bid to join NATO, the assembly's speaker said. Approval of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's treati...
Mar 01, 2023
Trump-backed SPAC Digital World to appeal Nasdaq delisting notice
(Reuters) - Digital World Acquisition Corp, a blank-check firm that is to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media platform, said on Wednesday it will file an appeal against a Nasd...
Mar 01, 2023
Turkey fines TikTok 1.75 million lira for weak data protection measures
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have fined TikTok 1.75 million lira ($93,000) for not taking sufficient measures to protect users from unlawful processing of their data, the Personal Data Pro...
Mar 01, 2023
EU silence over Pfizer COVID contract talks is problem that won’t go away -watchdog
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's silence about her dealings with drugmaker Pfizer leading to the EU's biggest COVID-19 vaccine contract is hurting...
Mar 01, 2023
Bank of Mexico’s Mejia says pace of rate hikes could slow down
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Omar Mejia, recently appointed deputy governor of Mexico's central bank, said on Wednesday the institution could consider slowing the pace of raising its key interest rate and ...
Mar 01, 2023
U.S. mortgage interest rates remain at highest level since November – MBA
(Reuters) - The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan remained last week at its highest level since November as stronger-than-expected readings on inflation, job gains and consumer ...
Mar 01, 2023
Kohl’s forecasts annual profit below estimates as demand slumps
(Reuters) - Kohl's Corp forecast full-year profit below analysts' estimates on Wednesday, squeezed by dwindling demand for clothing and accessories at the department store chain as consumers tighten t...
Mar 01, 2023
Irish inflation ticks back up to 8% in February – flash estimate
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Annual Irish inflation ticked back up to 8% in February from 7.5% a month earlier, according to a flash estimate of the EU's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), Ireland's Ce...
Mar 01, 2023
From condoms to cosmetics, China sales grow as lockdowns end
By Richa Naidu, Elisa Anzolin and Christoph Steitz LONDON/MILAN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The world's top consumer and luxury goods companies have seen sales of everything from cosmetics to condoms grow i...
Mar 01, 2023
