Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Detentions loom over Egypt’s political dialogue
By Aidan Lewis and Farah Saafan CAIRO (Reuters) - After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a carefully choreographed political dialogue, but the main Islamist opposit...
Jul 29, 2022
Aston Martin post bigger half-year loss
(Reuters) - British luxury carmaker Aston Martin on Friday reported a bigger loss for the first half of the year, hurt by rising costs and supply chain snarls. The company posted a pre-tax loss of 285...
Jul 29, 2022
Hermes flags strong rebound in China as second quarter sales rise 19.5%
PARIS (Reuters) - Sales at Birkin bag maker Hermes rose sharply in the second quarter, lifted by strong growth in Europe and the U.S., and rebounding strongly in China in June. Sales in the three mont...
Jul 29, 2022
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rejects ‘struggle for power’, exiled leader says
By Dominic Evans LONDON (Reuters) - Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood will not launch a new struggle for power with authorities which toppled it from government nine years ago, even though the movem...
Jul 29, 2022
Sony posts 9.6% rise in Q1 profit
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Sony Group Corp on Friday posted a 9.6% rise in first-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates. Profit was 307 billion yen ($2.31 billion) in the three months to th...
Jul 29, 2022
CanSinoBIO’s inhaled COVID booster stronger against BA.1 Omicron subvariant than Sinovac shot
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese vaccine firm CanSino Biologic's inhalation-based candidate elicited a better antibody response as a booster against the BA.1 Omicron sub-variant than Sinovac's shot, but th...
Jul 29, 2022
NatWest profit rises even as threat from inflation mounts
LONDON (Reuters) -NatWest reported better than expected profit for the first half of the year on Friday, as Bank of England rate hikes lifted its finances despite runaway inflation threatening to crun...
Jul 29, 2022
Hungary’s Orban expects gas deal with Russia this summer
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary expects to sign a deal with Russia on additional gas shipments of 700 million cubic metres by the end of summer, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday. The...
Jul 29, 2022
Swiss National Bank posts biggest ever first half loss
ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank reported a first half loss of 95.2 billion Swiss francs ($100.08 billion) on Friday, the biggest six month loss posted by the central bank since it was set up...
Jul 29, 2022
Russia’s Sakhalin Energy tells LNG buyers to pay via Moscow bank
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Russia's Sakhalin Energy Investment Co has asked its liquefied natural gas (LNG) customers to make payments via a Moscow unit of a European bank and is negotiating to switch paym...
Jul 29, 2022
