Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China Evergrande shares swing as bondholders await word on payments
By Anne Marie Roantree and Andrew Galbraith HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares of debt-laden China Evergrande Group swung wildly on Thursday as the company looked set to miss its second bond intere...
Sep 29, 2021
Vietnam’s biggest city to start lifting COVID-19 curbs to revive business
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's business hub Ho Chi Minh City will start relaxing coronavirus curbs from later on Thursday, allowing for the resumption of more business and social activities, city officia...
Sep 29, 2021
Asian stocks steady as calm returns but jitters keep dollar firm
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares found some calm on Thursday following this week's heavy China-driven losses although the dollar sat at a more than one-year high against major peers, up...
Sep 29, 2021
Singapore’s main opposition party seeks changes to foreign interference law
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's main opposition, The Workers' Party, has called for changes to be made to a draft foreign interference law, citing a need for more transparency, after experts and rig...
Sep 29, 2021
Australian housing borrowing booms, regulators ready new lending rules
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian home lending in August expanded at its fastest annual pace since early 2018 as buyers borrowed ever more to get into a red-hot market, foreshadowing tougher...
Sep 29, 2021
New Zealand tightens terror law after recent IS-linked attack
By Colin Packham (Reuters) - New Zealand on Thursday passed a new security law to criminalise preparing a terror attack, tightening a loophole that was exposed by a man who went on to conduct a mass s...
Sep 29, 2021
Oil falls after U.S. inventories post surprise gain
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending losses after official figures showed an unexpected rise in inventories in the United States although prices seem to have stabilised following a...
Sep 29, 2021
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases cited for cancellation of ‘Aladdin’ Broadway performance
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A COVID-19 outbreak within Disney's stage show "Aladdin" prompted an 11th-hour cancellation of Wednesday evening's performance, one night after the production jo...
Sep 29, 2021
Taiwan central bank says GDP may grow 6% this year
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long said on Thursday that the economy may grow 6% this year though that depends on trade and domestic consumption growth. Yang, taking lawmak...
Sep 29, 2021
Access to website dedicated to Tiananmen victims appears restricted in Hong Kong
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Access to an online museum dedicated to the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square appeared to be r...
Sep 29, 2021
