Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK mortgage approvals jump unexpectedly in August: BoE data
LONDON (Reuters) - British lenders approved many more mortgages than expected in August, Bank of England data showed on Friday. Mortgage approvals rose to 74,340 last month, up from 63,740 in July and...
Sep 30, 2022
Hong Kong retail sales slip 0.1% in August
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's August retail sales slid 0.1% from a year earlier amid a high base of comparison, government data showed on Friday. Sales decreased to HK$28.6 billion ($3.64 billion)...
Sep 30, 2022
Thai court rules PM Prayuth has not exceeded 8-year limit in office
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ruled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had not exceeded the maximum eight years allowed in off...
Sep 30, 2022
Uyghur leader urges Japan to join call for UN debate on alleged abuses in China
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs to do more than make an "empty promise" to stop human rights abuses in China, the leader of the largest ethnic Uyghur group in exile said in Tokyo on Frida...
Sep 30, 2022
Indonesian navy denies it requested payments to release ships
By Stanley Widianto and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian navy hasn't requested or received money to release detained vessels or ship captains, a senior naval officer said, respon...
Sep 30, 2022
UK retailer Currys raises staff pay for third time in 13 months
LONDON (Reuters) - British electricals retailer Currys said on Friday it was raising hourly pay rates for a third time in 13 months as competition heats up to attract and retain staff in a tight labou...
Sep 30, 2022
Bulgaria’s central bank raises capital buffer as loan risk remains high
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian banks will have to accumulate more capital in 2023 to counter a build-up of systemic risks linked to persistently high levels of borrowing and increased economic uncertaint...
Sep 30, 2022
Toshiba says it received multiple ‘in-depth’ potential partnership requests
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Friday it had received multiple "more in-depth" written indications of interest by potential partners in the second bidding round for its restructuring plans. To...
Sep 30, 2022
Chinese artist records era of COVID, one test at a time
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For most of China's 1.4 billion people, regular COVID-19 tests have become a way of life. Siyuan Zhuji is trying to turn them into a work of art. Since March, the 33...
Sep 30, 2022
In Colombia, land occupations raise tensions and spook investors
By Nelson Bocanegra CORINTO, Colombia (Reuters) - A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23 years, ready to de...
Sep 30, 2022
