Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stocks shuffle higher with a wary eye on Evergrande
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks eked small gains on Thursday but the upbeat mood that lifted the Dow Jones and bitcoin to records ebbed on fresh worries about China's property sect...
Oct 20, 2021
Crown Resorts shareholders reject executive pay plans, but spare board
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shareholders of Australia's Crown Resorts Ltd voted against the casino company's executive pay plans for a second straight year at its annual meeting on Thursday, but turned down a ...
Oct 20, 2021
Australia faces export tariffs if net zero not endorsed, warns minister
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia risks having tariffs imposed on its exports if it fails to adopt a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, a senior government minister said on Tue...
Oct 20, 2021
Japan’s ruling bloc seen to cling to majority in Oct 31 election
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party will likely lose some seats in the Oct. 31 lower house election, but the ruling coalition it forms with the Komeito party is expe...
Oct 20, 2021
India celebrates 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with song, film
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is set to administer one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by early Thursday, an important milestone after a slow start, even as a recent drop in inoculations worries the gove...
Oct 20, 2021
Australia should change laws to accommodate crypto, Senate report says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia needs to introduce new regulations for digital asset miners, such as tax discounts and a licensing regime for crypto exchanges, to be "competitive with Singapore, the UK a...
Oct 20, 2021
Former U.S. president Donald Trump launches new social media platform
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will launch his own social media app, TRUTH Social, that he said would "stand up to Big Tech" companies such as Twitter and Facebook that hav...
Oct 20, 2021
New Zealand’s COVID-19 cases hit record for second time this week
(Reuters) - New Zealand reported record daily COVID-19 cases for the second time in three days on Thursday, as the Delta variant continued to spur a spike in infections in the country's biggest city, ...
Oct 20, 2021
China Evergrande shares set to slide 10.5% after $2.6 billion deal collapses
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of China Evergrande Group are set to fall 10.5% on Thursday after a deal to sell a $2.6 billion stake in its property services unit fell through, in the latest blow to the...
Oct 20, 2021
New Zealand swears in first indigenous woman as Governor-general
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's first indigenous Mori woman to be named Governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, was formally sworn into the largely ceremonial role in parliament in Wellington on Thurs...
Oct 20, 2021
