Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil prices start session mixed on uncertain demand, supply concerns
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Oil prices opened mixed in early Asian trade on Thursday as investors balanced caution over tightening supply against lower demand projections. Brent crude futures for De...
Oct 19, 2022
Australia jobless rate holds at 3.5%, employment misses forecasts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's jobless rate stayed near five-decade lows at 3.5% in September, though there was a potential sign of loosening in the very tight labour market as employment rose by much...
Oct 19, 2022
Evans: Rates moving too high could have ‘nonlinear’ impact on US economy
By Howard Schneider CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) -Interest rates that move too high could have a "nonlinear" impact on the economy as businesses become more pessimistic, Chicago Fed President Charle...
Oct 19, 2022
California woman accused of collecting benefits in infamous killers’ names
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Californian woman has been charged with obtaining more than $145,000 in fraudulent unemployment benefits, some of that money under the names of notorious kill...
Oct 19, 2022
S.Korea may ease liquidity requirement rules for financial companies
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea may ease some of the liquidity requirement rules on financial companies as there are signs of stress in the short-term money market, the head of the top financial regulato...
Oct 19, 2022
U.S. consumer protection watchdog’s funding unconstitutional, court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding apparatus is unconstitutional, faulting a system Democrats designed ...
Oct 19, 2022
Japan’s finance minister vows ‘appropriate steps’ to tackle volatile yen moves
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday the government will continue to take appropriate steps against excessive currency market volatility. "We absolutely cannot ...
Oct 19, 2022
Exclusive-Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say
(Reuters) - Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran's Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors, shouti...
Oct 19, 2022
Japan Sept imports jump 45.9% year/year to record – MOF
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's imports rose 45.9% in September from a year earlier to the highest on record, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday. That compared with a 45.0% increase expected by eco...
Oct 19, 2022
Schlumberger evaluates options for Russia staff as Ukraine war escalates -CEO
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Schlumberger is evaluating unspecified options for its thousands of Russian employees as the war in Ukraine escalates, Chief Executive Olivier Le ...
Oct 19, 2022
