Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kazakh state sells $1.3 billion worth of foreign currency in domestic market in Jan
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's central bank and state companies sold a total of $1.283 billion in foreign currency in the domestic market last month, the bank said on Wednesday. The bank said it sold...
Feb 09, 2022
Olympics-Figure skating-‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Li thrilled by Chen comeback
By Ian Ransom (Reuters) - Over four years ago, Nathan Chen's desire to tap into his Chinese roots and pursue perfection in figure skating brought him to Li Cunxin, whose 2003 memoir 'Mao's Last Dancer...
Feb 09, 2022
Smurfit Kappa sees further price rises after record earnings
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Smurfit Kappa expects to increase prices further this year to recover high costs after a mix of price hikes and bumper demand delivered record earnings amid "significant and unprece...
Feb 09, 2022
Poland could lift COVID restrictions in March, minister says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland may lift its COVID-19 restrictions in March if daily infection numbers keep falling at the current rate, the health minister said in an interview published on Wednesday. A wa...
Feb 09, 2022
Tesla says California DFEH to sue company over alleged discrimination
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Wednesday the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) intends to file a lawsuit against the company alleging systematic racial discrimination and hara...
Feb 09, 2022
Factbox-Winners at the 2022 BRIT Awards
LONDON (Reuters) - The 2022 BRIT Awards, Britain's pop music honours, were held in London on Tuesday. Below is a list of the winners at the ceremony. ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "30," Adele SONG OF THE YEAR: "...
Feb 09, 2022
Warburg Pincus takes stake in Swiss tech firm Scandit in unicorn hunt
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - Warburg Pincus has taken a stake in Swiss barcode scanning firm Scandit as part of a $150 million capital raise in which the U.S. buyout fund will invest in a Eu...
Feb 09, 2022
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-Ruud remembers late father after dominant Big Air win
By Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) - Norwegian freestyle skier Birk Ruud dreamt of winning Olympic gold in Big Air when he was 13 before the discipline was even included at the Games. Eight years later, ...
Feb 09, 2022
Olympics-Geisenberger opts to talk about China after return to Germany
By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany's luge gold medallist Natalie Geisenberger, who was sharply critical of China prior to the Beijing Olympics, said she would make comments on China only ...
Feb 09, 2022
Credit Suisse vice chair faces opposition to re-election – FT
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Vice Chair Severin Schwan faces opposition to his re-election to the board of the embattled Swiss lender, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Some investors sai...
Feb 09, 2022
