Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BYD to build $1.2 billion EV battery plant in central China – website
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - BYD, the world's largest maker of electrified vehicles, plans to invest $1.2 billion to build a new factory for its batteries in China, according to environmental appraisal filing...
Feb 13, 2023
Malaysia will not reintroduce goods and services tax – PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has no plans to reintroduce a goods and services tax (GST) or any other broad-based consumption tax, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. The government will...
Feb 13, 2023
JAXA delays Japan’s H3 rocket launch to Feb 17 citing weather conditions
(Reuters) - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will delay the maiden launch of its heavy-lift H3 rocket to Feb. 17 from Feb. 15 due to weather conditions, the space agency said on Tuesday. "As ...
Feb 13, 2023
Doping-Australian Olympian Bol has provisional doping ban lifted
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian athlete Peter Bol, who finished fourth in the 800 metres at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has had his provisional doping suspension lifted after the B sample of his test...
Feb 13, 2023
Shelter in place at MSU: Multiple shootings reported
Courtesy WLNS(TV) Lansing: EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Michigan State University Police are warning all MSU students on or near the East Lansing campus to secure in place. MSUPD says multiple shots h...
Feb 13, 2023
At BOJ’s helm, MIT-educated Ueda to put theory into practice
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - A soft-spoken academic with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kazuo Ueda - Tokyo's nominee for next Bank of Japan governor - is a pragmatist who k...
Feb 13, 2023
Michigan State University police report shots fired on campus
(Reuters) - Shots were fired on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing on Monday, university police reported on Twitter, urging students and faculty to "shelter in place," as video fr...
Feb 13, 2023
Biden will name Fed’s Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser, with an announcement coming as soon as Tuesday, Bloomberg reported on Mon...
Feb 13, 2023
Japan government nominates academic Ueda as new BOJ governor
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government nominated academic and former Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Kazuo Ueda to become the next central bank governor, a document submitted to parliament showed on Tu...
Feb 13, 2023
Asian Shares track Wall Street’s inflation optimism, yen recoups losses
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares tracked the bounce on Wall Street on Tuesday, as investors remained sanguine that key U.S. economic data due later would show an easing in inflation, whil...
Feb 13, 2023
