Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian rouble leaps to 8-year high vs euro as market awaits sanctions
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The rouble soared to its highest in almost eight years against the euro on Friday, with investors anxious that more sanctions against Moscow could limit foreign ...
Sep 30, 2022
Bulgaria’s GERB party expands lead ahead of Sunday’s election
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party widened its lead over its main rival, the reformist We Continue the Change (PP), as the country heads into its fourth parliamentary election in les...
Sep 30, 2022
Nord Stream gas ‘sabotage’: who’s being blamed and why?
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few ...
Sep 30, 2022
Activist investor Elliott raises Philip Morris stake
Activist investor Elliott Management Corp has raised its stake in Swedish Match to 7.25%, from 5.5% previously, it said in a disclosure Friday, putting pressure on Philip Morris International to raise...
Sep 30, 2022
Orange execs’ guilty verdicts over worker suicides upheld by appeal court
PARIS (Reuters) - Charges of "moral harassment" were upheld by the Paris Court of Appeal on Friday against the former CEO of French telecoms group Orange Didier Lombard, one other former executive and...
Sep 30, 2022
Kazakhstan replaces ex-leader with eagle on banknote
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's central bank presented a new banknote design on Friday, identical to an older one with one major exception - ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev's portrait has been repla...
Sep 30, 2022
Japan warns market fluctuations could impact economy
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Friday warned that attention should be paid to any possible impact of financial market fluctuations on the economic outlook, while affirming ...
Sep 30, 2022
Patriarch Kirill, head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, tests positive for COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Church's press service said on Friday. The Church said Kirill, 75, had can...
Sep 30, 2022
Euro zone inflation hits record high 10%, raising pressure on ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation zoomed past forecasts to hit a fresh record high this month, reinforcing expectations for another jumbo interest rate hike from the European Central Bank in O...
Sep 30, 2022
Euro zone unemployment unchanged at record low of 6.6%
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment was unchanged at a record low of 6.6% of the workforce in August, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Friday, matching expectations of e...
Sep 30, 2022
