Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai Fin Min says monetary policy must be accommodative
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's finance minister said on Wednesday that monetary policy needed to be kept accommodative and be in step with fiscal policy to support Southeast Asia's second-biggest econ...
Sep 29, 2021
Taiwan economy likely to grow above 6% this year, finance minister says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's economy is likely to grow more than 6% this year, Finance Minister Su Jain-rong said on Wednesday, offering a forecast slightly more optimistic than the central bank's outl...
Sep 28, 2021
Australia’s federal govt to cut COVID-19 income support
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's federal government will wind down emergency funding for people who lost work during COVID-19 shutdowns as vaccination rates increase across the country, pu...
Sep 28, 2021
U.S. bars flight from landing with Americans from Kabul – activists
(Corrects number of Americans on plane to 28 from 6 in 9th paragraph) By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter p...
Sep 28, 2021
China calls for coal transportation to be strengthened to secure supply
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top economic planner said on Wednesday that railway companies and local authorities should strengthen coal transportation in key areas including the northeast region and en...
Sep 28, 2021
China seeks to calm power supply fears as crunch bites
By Shivani Singh BEIJING (Reuters) - China's all-powerful economic planning agency waded into the country's power crunch on Wednesday, attempting to reassure residents and businesses in areas hardest ...
Sep 28, 2021
Samsung Electronics close to finalising $17 billion Texas chip plant -sources
By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to finalising the construction of a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Williamson County in the U.S. s...
Sep 28, 2021
CNN quits Facebook in Australia, citing defamation risk
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - CNN said it has stopped posting articles on Australian Facebook Inc pages, citing a court ruling that publishers are liable for defamation in public comments and the s...
Sep 28, 2021
Delivery times for iPhone 13 stretch as COVID-19 hits Vietnam suppliers -Nikkei
(Reuters) - Buyers of Apple's new iPhone 13 face longer-than-expected delivery times because of a wave of COVID-19 infections in Vietnam, where components for the device's new camera module are assemb...
Sep 28, 2021
Olympics-Hospitalisations during Tokyo 2020 Games higher than initially reported, say organisers
TOKYO (Reuters) - A total of 25 people were hospitalised due to COVID-19 during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, instead of the initially reported five, organisers said on Tuesday evening. "The initial f...
Sep 28, 2021
