Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s quant funds become victims of their own success
By Samuel Shen and Selena Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's algorithm-driven quant funds boomed in 2021 as investors sought alternatives to a languid stock market, but the final months of the ...
Jan 04, 2022
China central bank launches digital yuan wallet apps for Android, iOS
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has released pilot versions of its digital yuan wallet application on mobile phone app stores as the country's central bank steps up its push to develop its own digital curr...
Jan 04, 2022
German retail sales rebound in November
BERLIN (Reuters) - German retail sales rose unexpectedly in November, data showed on Tuesday, lifting annual retail sales to a record high despite renewed restrictions in the coronavirus pandemic whic...
Jan 04, 2022
COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - People being hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom are broadly showing less severe symptoms than before, Britain's vaccine minister said on Tuesday. "At the moment, if yo...
Jan 04, 2022
NBA roundup: Blazers outduel Hawks despite Trae Young’s 56
(Reuters) - Anfernee Simons scored a career-high 43 points and matched his career best of nine 3-pointers to help the Portland Trail Blazers post a 136-131 shootout win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks...
Jan 04, 2022
Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on Tuesday, following a concerted effort to cut coal consumption, reduce tr...
Jan 04, 2022
Illinois Democrat Bobby Rush to retire after nearly 30 years in Congress – media
(Reuters) - U.S Representative Bobby Rush, a civil rights campaigner and Black Panther activist in the 1960s, is not seeking re-election and plans to retire at the end of the year after completing 15 ...
Jan 04, 2022
Omicron variant infections in Japan reach over 1,000 cases on Tuesday -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan that have been confirmed to be the Omicron variant reached over 1,000 cases on Tuesday, according to a survey compiled by the daily Yomiuri...
Jan 04, 2022
France’s Le Maire sees no risk of Omicron paralysing the economy
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said although the surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant was disrupting some sectors there was no risk of it "paralysing" the economy. Le Mai...
Jan 04, 2022
France’s lower house suspends review of COVID-19 vaccine pass bill
PARIS (Reuters) - France's lower house of parliament has suspended debates over a bill to make it mandatory for people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to go to a restaurant or cinema or take the...
Jan 04, 2022
