Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ECB must watch above-target inflation expectations -ECB VP
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to keep a close eye on the recent rise in inflation expectations above its 2% target, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Thursday. "Over t...
Apr 28, 2022
Japan Tobacco considers sale of Russia operations
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco (JT) said on Thursday it was considering selling its Russia operations after suspending investment and marketing activities in the country last month following Moscow's...
Apr 28, 2022
Taiwan’s daily COVID cases top 10,000 for first time
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reported on Thursday that the daily number of confirmed domestic COVID-19 cases had topped 10,000 for the first time, in line with predictions, and the health minister said i...
Apr 28, 2022
Nearly one in three ECB bosses is German as France lags
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - One in three managers at the European Central Bank is German, giving the ECB's host country an ever bigger representation than its size would imply, ECB data showed on Thursday. ...
Apr 28, 2022
Erdogan says Turkish courts proved independence by convicting Kavala
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said a decision to jail philanthropist Osman Kavala for life over anti-government protests in 2013 showed that Turkey's courts were independent. Erdogan s...
Apr 28, 2022
BOJ Governor Kuroda’s comments at news conference
(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Thursday doubled down on its commitment to maintain its massive stimulus programme and a pledge to keep interest rates ultra-low, triggering a fresh sell-off in the ye...
Apr 28, 2022
Marketmind: The weak currency gang
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. The weak-currency gang is growing in force. The yen plunged to a new two-decade low versus the dollar on Thursday after the Bank of Japan doub...
Apr 28, 2022
Indian heat wave disrupts industrial activity as power demand soars
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Jatindra Dash NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - India's northwestern Rajasthan state scheduled four hours of power cuts for factories, making it at least the third state to d...
Apr 28, 2022
Rosneft issues June ESPO crude tender, requests for rouble payment
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Russia's top producer Rosneft has issued a tender to sell June-loading ESPO Blend crude, in another attempt to get buyers to pay for supplies in full upfront and in Russian roubl...
Apr 28, 2022
Indonesia navy seizes two tankers carrying palm oil
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's navy seized two tankers carrying crude palm oil, palm olein and methanol for what it said were permit and paperwork violations, in an operation conducted a day before a...
Apr 28, 2022
