Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia at centre of Indo-Pacific alliances to counter China
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia finds itself as the common link in a new mesh of global alliances centred on the Indo-Pacific that are all but in name aimed at countering China's rising...
Sep 17, 2021
UK retailers extend losing streak in August
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales unexpectedly fell again last month in what is now a record streak of monthly declines, official data showed on Friday, adding to...
Sep 17, 2021
Indian airlines fly high as August passenger traffic surges
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Indian airlines InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet surged on Friday after regulatory data showed that passenger growth jumped 136.6% last month as the government started ...
Sep 17, 2021
Commerzbank aims for “net zero” credit and investment portfolio by 2050
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank said on Friday that its credit and investment portfolio would be "net zero" for carbon emissions by 2050. It also said it would triple its sustainable financing busin...
Sep 17, 2021
Extreme heat ravages Greece’s mussel harvest
By Karolina Tagaris THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) - Fisherman Stefanos Sougioultzis cracks open the mussels he cultivated in Greece's Aegean Sea only to find scores of empty shells. After a summer o...
Sep 17, 2021
Hyundai Heavy Industries shares jump above IPO price on debut
By Joyce Lee and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -Hyundai Heavy Industries' shares closed 86% above their initial public offering (IPO) price on their trading debut in South Korea on Friday. The shipbuilde...
Sep 17, 2021
Aegean Airlines shrinks loss in second quarter, sales jump
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines on Friday reported a lower loss in the second quarter compared to the same period a year earlier as passenger traffic recovered from the pan...
Sep 17, 2021
LG Energy Solution takes stake in Chinese battery materials firm Greatpower
(Reuters) - South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution will pay 35 billion won ($30 million) for a 4.8% stake in China's Greatpower Nickel and Cobalt Materials Co and has secured six years of nicke...
Sep 17, 2021
Factbox: Key economic policy stances of Japan’s next PM candidates
(Reuters) - Candidates to become Japan's next prime minister officially launched their campaigns on Friday, with popular vaccine minister Taro Kono expected to be the top contender to replace Yoshihid...
Sep 17, 2021
Take Five: Bring out the central bank heavies
1/CENTRALLY FOCUSED Several central banking big-hitters meet in coming days, with the U.S. Federal Reserve's Sept. 21-22 meeting topping the must-watch list. The timing of the Fed's U.S. tapering plan...
Sep 17, 2021
