Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European shares rise on China reopening cheer, slow pace of rate hikes
(Reuters) - European shares edged up on Wednesday, lifted by Bayer and LVMH, while optimism over reopening in China and hopes of less aggressive U.S. interest rate hikes aided the sentiment. The pan-r...
Jan 11, 2023
Exclusive: Myanmar junta chief family assets found in Thai drug raid – document
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai officials found assets belonging to adult children of Myanmar's junta leader during a raid on the Bangkok apartment of a Myanmar tycoon ...
Jan 11, 2023
Indonesia’s transgender community fears threat posed by new law
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Transgender Indonesian woman Chika Ananda Putrie wakes every morning in her decrepit rented room in a Jakarta slum, worried for her safety because of her gender...
Jan 11, 2023
Upcoming Chinese holiday, high coal stocks keeping lid on Australian trade
By Muyu Xu and Melanie Burton SINGAPORE/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chinese interest in Australian coal has been limited by the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday and high domestic inventories, meaning few dea...
Jan 11, 2023
Bayer shares up 2.2% after report activist bluebell pushing for break-up
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer shares gained 2.2% at the open on Wednesday on a report that activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners has built an equity stake and is pushing for a break-up of the Germ...
Jan 11, 2023
Soccer-Al Nassr say Ronaldo has no clause in contract to support Saudi World Cup bid
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr have denied reports that Cristiano Ronaldo has a clause in his contract where the Portugal forward is to serve as an ambassador for the Gulf country's 2030 Worl...
Jan 11, 2023
Congo beer factory a beacon in region rocked by rebels
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Bottles of beer zip along a conveyor belt in a Brasimba factory which has weathered two deadly Ebola outbreaks and waves of fight...
Jan 11, 2023
Spain’s November industrial output falls 1.1% year-on-year
(Reuters) - Spain's seasonally and calendar-adjusted industrial output fell 1.1% year-on-year in November, official data from the country's National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday. Ind...
Jan 11, 2023
Standard Chartered scouts for alternate options for aviation finance unit
(Reuters) - Standard Chartered said on Wednesday it intends to explore alternate options, including a sale, for its aviation finance unit. "We believe that a new owner can drive the next phase of grow...
Jan 11, 2023
Sweden makes regulatory push to allow new nuclear reactors
By Niklas Pollard and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden is preparing legislation to allow the construction of more nuclear power stations to boost electricity production in the Nordic country...
Jan 11, 2023
