Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. consumer price growth expected to slow due to lower gasoline costs
By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices are expected to have risen at a much slower pace in July due to a sharp drop in the cost of gasoline, delivering the first notable sign of relief f...
Aug 10, 2022
SARS-related coronaviruses infect around 66,000 people a year in SE Asia – study
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - About 66,000 people in Southeast Asia are infected each year with SARS-related coronaviruses, and nearly 500 million people live near habitats where bat hosts of those viruses are...
Aug 10, 2022
Japan keeps finance minister, foreign minister in new cabinet line-up
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has confirmed the line-up of his new cabinet, with Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki remaining in his post, a government spokesman said on Wednesd...
Aug 10, 2022
Prudential half-year operating profit up 8% as sales recovered
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) -Prudential Plc's operating profit rose 8% in the first six months of 2022, the Asia-focused insurer said on Wednesday, as life insurance sales bounced back from a COV...
Aug 10, 2022
Cathay Pacific narrows first-half loss as passenger numbers rise
(Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd posted on Wednesday a first-half loss of HK$5 billion ($637 million), narrowing from the prior year's HK$7.57 billion, as easing quarantine rules boo...
Aug 10, 2022
China property developers’ woes cast shadow over management units
By Clare Jim and Xie Yu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's real estate crisis is casting a darkening cloud over governance and financial prospects of once highly valued property management companies, trigg...
Aug 10, 2022
Australia, China not yet ready to tackle trade disputes – Chinese envoy
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and China have not yet reached the point of talking about how to resolve their trade disputes, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, said on Wednesday. "Currentl...
Aug 09, 2022
Japan’s PM to reshuffle cabinet in ‘damage control’ amid Unification Church furore
By Elaine Lies and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will reshuffle his cabinet, removing some ministers with links to the Unification Church in a bid to stem p...
Aug 09, 2022
Chinese and Taiwan navy ships stay close to Strait median line – source
TAIPEI (Reuters) - About 20 Chinese navy and Taiwan navy ships continued to stay close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait as of Wednesday morning, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. Sev...
Aug 09, 2022
Trump-backed Michels wins Republican nomination for Wisconsin governor, AP projects
(Reuters) - Construction company owner Tim Michels on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for Wisconsin's gubernatorial race after receiving the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, AP proj...
Aug 09, 2022
