Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan Inc expected to announce modest wage hikes after annual talks
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top firms are set to offer pay rises of around 2% or more as annual labour talks wrap up on Wednesday, a boost from last year's razor-thin increase that ...
Mar 15, 2022
Buttressing Greenland – a bailout in China’s distressed property sector
By Engen Tham and Xie Yu SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Greenland Holdings Corp Ltd, a major Shanghai-based Chinese state-backed property developer responsible for marquee projects at home and abroad,...
Mar 15, 2022
New Zealand PM Ardern announces border reopening earlier than previously signalled
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday said New Zealand will reopen its borders much earlier than expected, with Australians allowed to travel there from April 1...
Mar 15, 2022
Brazil unveils plan to cut taxes on forex transactions by 2029
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government published a decree on Tuesday to phase out taxes on financial operations using foreign exchange, known as IOF taxes, as part of an effort to join the Organizat...
Mar 15, 2022
Mexican former governor arrested over alleged electoral crimes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A former governor of Mexico's Nuevo Leon state was arrested Tuesday for his alleged participation in electoral crimes, according to the state attorney general. Rodriguez, or "E...
Mar 15, 2022
Mexico’s Grupo Aeromexico shares slump after public tender offer closes
MEXICO CITY, Mar 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's Grupo Aeromexico shares plunged for a fourth day in a row on Tuesday after nearly a fifth of the company's capital was sold at 1 cent a share through a public ...
Mar 15, 2022
Poland’s Kaczynski calls for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) - An international peacekeeping mission should be sent to operate in Ukraine, the leader of Poland's ruling party said on Tuesday during a press conference in Kyiv alongside Ukrainian...
Mar 15, 2022
Russia rouble payment of USD coupons would be a sovereign default -Fitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday that if Russia were to make two U.S. dollar bond coupon payments due Wednesday in roubles, it would constitute a sovereign default afte...
Mar 15, 2022
U.S. VP Harris’s husband tests positive for COVID-19 -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's husband, Douglas Emhoff, tested positive on Tuesday for COVID-19, the White House said in a statement. Harris tested negative for the virus, ...
Mar 15, 2022
White House says Biden would veto bill to overturn transport mask mandate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday President Joe Biden would veto a bill in Congress that would block public health officials from requiring masks on airplanes and in other transpo...
Mar 15, 2022
