Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As COVID surged in China, so did spending by funeral providers
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - A funeral parlour in the Chinese city of Shantou published a tender recently for an "emergency purchase" of two cremation ovens, according to a government procu...
Jan 20, 2023
India’s aviation regulator fines Air India about $37,000 for unruly passenger incident
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Air India has been fined 3 million rupees (about $37,000) for its handling of an unruly passenger on one of its flights in November, India's aviation regulator said on Friday. Th...
Jan 20, 2023
Poland ready to send Ukraine tanks even if Germany opposes it -deputy FM
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland could send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine even without Germany's re-export approval, a deputy foreign minister said on Friday, ahead of a crunch meeting on weapons for Kyiv. Wars...
Jan 20, 2023
Christian Kettel Thomsen appointed Danish central bank governor
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The Danish government said on Friday it has appointed Christian Kettel Thomsen to the job of central bank governor from Feb. 1, taking over from Lars Rohde who announced last year...
Jan 20, 2023
ABB sells its power conversion division for $505 million
ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB has sold its power conversion business to AcBel Polytech Inc for $505 million, the Swiss engineering and technology company said on Friday. The sale is the last part of ABB's me...
Jan 20, 2023
JPMorgan expects smaller contraction in UK economy in 2023
(Reuters) - J.P.Morgan said the UK economy was expected to contract by 0.1% this year, revising it from the previously forecast 0.3% decline in the gross domestic product (GDP), buoyed by a recent dro...
Jan 20, 2023
German producer prices rose in December but at slower pace
BERLIN (Reuters) - German producer prices rose in December at a slower rate than the previous month, as inflation eases in Europe's largest economy due in part to lower energy prices, according to dat...
Jan 20, 2023
Four countries urge EU to set end date for new CO2-emitting trucks
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero carbon diox...
Jan 20, 2023
First raise for Japan day labourer in 20 years, but McDonald’s out of reach
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Masami Fujino got his first raise in 20 years recently, but it's still not enough to let the Tokyo day labourer treat himself to plain McDonald's hamburgers as much as...
Jan 20, 2023
Tokyo core inflation likely double BOJ’s 2% target in January: Reuters Poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - A leading indicator of Japanese consumer prices likely rose in January at more than twice the speed of the central bank's target, hitting another four-decade-high, ...
Jan 20, 2023
