Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German car market to grow 7% in 2022, still below pre-pandemic – VDA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's car market will grow 7% in 2022 to 2.8 million new vehicles, national auto association VDA predicted on Wednesday, an improvement on last year's historic lows but still be...
Feb 09, 2022
Slovakia reports 20,582 coronavirus cases, highest on record
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported 20,582 new COVID-19 infections for Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, the highest daily tally since the pandemic started as the country is hit like ot...
Feb 09, 2022
Olympics-Nordic Combined-Japan’s Yamamoto soars into early lead with huge jump
By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Ryota Yamamoto of Japan landed a monster leap of 108 metres to soar into the lead in Wednesday's Nordic Combined normal hill/10 km competition at the ...
Feb 09, 2022
Japan to extend virus quasi emergency for 13 regions until March 6 – NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has decided to extend its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in Tokyo and 12 prefectures until March 6, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. The government will add one mor...
Feb 09, 2022
Iceland raises key interest rate by 75 bps to 2.75%
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iceland's central bank raised its key rate to 2.75% from 2.0% on Wednesday, as inflation pressure fuelled by rising house prices persists. Headline inflation rose to 5.7% in Jan...
Feb 09, 2022
British PM Johnson to visit Poland for talks on Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland on Thursday, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman said, amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine. Johnson will visi...
Feb 09, 2022
Italy industry output falls back in December after November jump
By Gavin Jones ROME, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Italian industrial output was weaker than expected in December, falling 1.0% from the month before after a large, upwardly revised rise of 2.1% in November, data...
Feb 09, 2022
Handelsbanken profit narrowly beats forecast
(Corrects throughout to include results of Handelsbanken's Danish and Finnish business, which were omitted in group results, to make comparable with analysts' estimates.) STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish...
Feb 09, 2022
Nordic insurer Sampo’s Q4 profit beats forecasts
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish financial group Sampo on Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter pretax profit boosted by the strong performance of its core insurance operations....
Feb 09, 2022
Pictet Group’s assets rise 15% to record high in 2021
ZURICH (Reuters) - Assets under management or custody at Pictet Group rose by 15% to a record 698 billion Swiss francs ($755.49 billion) last year amid strong markets and net new money inflows of more...
Feb 09, 2022
