Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Malaysia’s Top Glove quarterly earnings plunge 48% on slower sales
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Top Glove Corp Bhd posted on Friday a 48% drop in its fourth-quarter earnings as the steady rollout of vaccines worldwide pulled down the demand for gloves. The wor...
Sep 17, 2021
Dutch to introduce ‘corona’ pass despite strong opposition
(Changes date, no change to text) AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test for entry to bars, restaurants, museums, theat...
Sep 17, 2021
BOJ tankan to show manufacturers’ Q3 mood down slightly from Q2
(Corrects typographical error in paragraph 8) TOKYO (Reuters) - Business confidence among Japan's large manufacturers likely slipped in the third quarter as the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta varian...
Sep 17, 2021
Pandemic-hit Qantas weighs new pay structure to keep key executives
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Friday it was considering new ways to structure pay to ensure it could retain key executives as it enters the third financial year affected by the pandemi...
Sep 17, 2021
Biocon Biologics to offer 15% stake to Serum Institute unit for access to vaccines
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Biocon Biologics, a unit of drugmaker Biocon Ltd, said late on Thursday it would offer a stake of about 15% to Serum Institute Life Sciences for access to 100 million doses of va...
Sep 17, 2021
Australian PM says he made clear to France possibility of scrapping submarine deal
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday he had raised the possibility that Australia might scrap a 2016 submarine deal with a French company in talks with th...
Sep 17, 2021
Exclusive: Tougher EU airport slot rules trigger Asia retaliation threat, risk industry trade war
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Regulators in Asian hubs like Singapore and Hong Kong have threatened to retaliate against European Union plans to force airlines to start using take-off and landing slots f...
Sep 17, 2021
California governor signs into law measure to fight housing crisis
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation aimed at combating the state's housing crisis by expanding housing production and aiming to streamline housing app...
Sep 17, 2021
With tighter grip, Beijing sends message to Hong Kong tycoons: fall in line
By Clare Jim and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Beijing seeks to tighten its grip over Hong Kong, it has a new mandate for the city's powerful property tycoons: pour resources and influence int...
Sep 17, 2021
Indonesia’s demographic dividend threatened by lengthy COVID-19 school closures
By Tom Allard and Wayan Sukarda JAKARTA/DENPASAR (Reuters) - Ni Kadek Suriani was looking forward to starting her second year of junior high school last year, before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Then...
Sep 17, 2021
