Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French labour minister says raising pensions age is ‘non-negotiable’ despite mass protests
PARIS (Reuters) - French Labour Minister Oliver Dussopt said on Wednesday that raising the retirement age to 64 was "non-negotiable", a day after more than a million people marched in protest at the p...
Feb 01, 2023
South African factory activity stable in January – Absa PMI
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African manufacturing activity remained in positive terrain in January, as a decline in employment and new sales orders was offset by growth in business activity and inv...
Feb 01, 2023
Euro zone factories are likely over the worst – PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - The downturn in euro zone manufacturing activity eased again last month suggesting the worst may be over, according to a survey which showed price pressures slackened and the fall i...
Feb 01, 2023
German manufacturers’ outlook brightens but orders keep falling in Jan – PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - German manufacturers started the year with a slightly brighter outlook on the year ahead despite the fact that orders continued to fall, as inflation and supply chain problems eased...
Feb 01, 2023
French Jan factory activity rebound not as strong as forecast -PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - France's manufacturing activity rebound in January was not quite as strong as first forecast, a survey showed on Wednesday, as new orders remained weak. S&P Global's final purchasing...
Feb 01, 2023
BBVA posts record 2022 profit on Mexico, sees positive trends in main market
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - BBVA on Wednesday posted a 38% jump in net profit to a record 6.42 billion euros ($6.98 billion) for 2022 powered by a double-digit increase in lending income and a s...
Feb 01, 2023
Exclusive-President Jokowi “confident” Tesla will invest in Indonesia
By Gayatri Suroyo, Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo is confident Tesla Inc will finalise a deal to invest in a production facility in his country, havi...
Feb 01, 2023
Polish competition watchdog accuses Amazon EU of misleading consumers
GDANSK (Reuters) - Poland's competition watchdog has accused e-commerce firm Amazon's European unit of misleading sales and delivery practices, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK...
Feb 01, 2023
Hong Kong’s Q4 GDP down 4.2% y/y, 4th quarter of contraction
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy contracted by 4.2% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, advance government data showed on Wednesday, shrinking for the fourth consecutive quarter as exp...
Feb 01, 2023
Russian journalist sentenced in absentia to eight years in jail for ‘fake news’
(Reuters) - Prominent Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in jail by a Moscow court on Wednesday after it found him guilty of spreading 'fake news' about the...
Feb 01, 2023
