Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore’s OCBC scouting for Indonesian acquisitions – CEO
By Anshuman Daga, Yantoultra Ngui and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd is hunting for acquisitions in Indonesia to speed up its growth, aiming to leve...
Oct 12, 2022
Fragile yen tests 1998 low, sterling cautiously steady
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen floundered near a fresh 24-year low on Thursday, while sterling held onto overnight gains as investors skittishly await an impending deadline for the end of th...
Oct 12, 2022
Soccer-Salah hat-trick helps Liverpool to thrash Rangers 7-1 to near last 16
By Peter Hall GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) -Substitute Mohamed Salah scored the fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as Liverpool came from behind to thrash Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday and put th...
Oct 12, 2022
Soccer-Lewandowski late show rescues Barca but early exit looms
BARCELONA (Reuters) -Robert Lewandowski scored two late goals to earn Barcelona a point in a breathless 3-3 draw with Inter Milan on Wednesday which kept alive their faint hopes of reaching the Champi...
Oct 12, 2022
Dish Network chairman-backed SPAC in talks to buy wireless business unit
(Reuters) - Blank-check firm CONX Corp, backed by Dish Network Corp Chairman Charles Ergen, said on Wednesday it has begun preliminary discussions to acquire Dish's retail wireless unit, Boost Mobile....
Oct 12, 2022
Factbox-China’s 20th Communist Party Congress: who could be in Xi’s new team?
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch a third five-year leadership at the upcoming congress of the ruling Communist Party, a mandate that would secure his stature as the ...
Oct 12, 2022
Japan wholesale prices rise the most in 5 months, put squeeze on corp profits
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese corporate goods prices grew the most in five months in September, Bank of Japan data showed on Thursday, highlighting the squeeze on business profits from persistently stron...
Oct 12, 2022
Taiwan welcomes back visitors after ending COVID quarantine rules
By Ann Wang TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of COVID-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black be...
Oct 12, 2022
Australia, PNG defence to work together under proposed security pact
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia wants to strike an "ambitious" security treaty with neighbour Papua New Guinea that will see navy, airforce and army personnel from each nation working a...
Oct 12, 2022
Australia’s Medibank reports cyber incident
(Reuters) - Australian health insurer Medibank Private said on Thursday it would isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it detected unusual activity on its network. The company s...
Oct 12, 2022
