Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Pernod CFO: COVID restrictions to weigh on Pernod Ricard sales in China
PARIS (Reuters) - French spirits maker Pernod Ricard expects the coming weeks in China to remain difficult amid restrictions tied to the COVID-19 crisis in the country, its Chief Financial Officer tol...
Apr 28, 2022
Factbox-China’s zero-COVID policy in numbers
(Reuters) - China is facing the biggest test yet of its draconian approach to COVID-19, with a lockdown for most people in Shanghai for more than a month crippling the commercial capital and Beijing s...
Apr 28, 2022
Explainer-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accounting
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, has again raised questions about the country's official data - especially a death rate that despite a recent jump,...
Apr 28, 2022
Vedanta seeks free land, cheap water, power in race to be India’s first chipmaker-sources
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In a race to become India's first chip maker, Vedanta Ltd is seeking 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of free land from states and other incentives...
Apr 28, 2022
India launches antitrust raids on Amazon sellers Cloudtail, Appario -sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust body launched raids at two top sellers of Amazon.com Inc over violations of domestic competition laws, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Wed...
Apr 28, 2022
Putin set to dig in like a ‘cancerous growth’ in Ukraine-UK’s Wallace
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin may seek to consolidate what he has got in Ukraine and dig in, like a "cancerous growth" within the country, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace s...
Apr 28, 2022
Syngenta first-quarter sales up 26% as farmers make early purchases
ZURICH (Reuters) - Syngenta Group increased first-quarter sales by 26% as farmers bought seeds and sprays early to avoid possible shortages later in the year, the Swiss agrochemicals company said on T...
Apr 28, 2022
Glencore lowers full-year production guidance for copper, zinc, cobalt
LONDON (Reuters) - Miner and trader Glencore lowered its 2022 production guidance on copper, zinc and cobalt after operational challenges and COVID-related absenteeism in the first quarter drove outpu...
Apr 28, 2022
Swiss National Bank posts $34 billion loss as bond losses bite
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank reported a first quarter loss of 32.8 billion Swiss francs ($33.75 billion), the central bank said on Thursday, as lower bond prices and the higher franc den...
Apr 28, 2022
