Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German economy eked out 0.1% growth in fourth quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Germany grew by just 0.1% in the fourth quarter as a second wave of the new coronavirus almost stopped Europe's largest economy in its tracks after a surging third-quarter recov...
Jan 29, 2021
Russia’s RDIF says it could ship 100 million doses of vaccine to EU in second quarter
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia could provide the European Union with 100 million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus shot - enough to vaccinate 50 million people - in the second quarter of 2021, the Russian...
Jan 29, 2021
German unemployment falls unexpectedly in January
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell unexpectedly in January, data showed on Friday, signalling that government incentives for companies to keep workers on their payroll during the coronavirus ...
Jan 29, 2021
Rush to stocks continues amid retail frenzy: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors' cash continued to flow at unprecedented levels into stocks last week amid a retail trading frenzy which saw shares in GameStop soar over 2500% year-to-date at one point, ...
Jan 29, 2021
BOJ drops more hints of bigger yield moves ahead of March review
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers discussed the merits of allowing long-term yields to move more flexibly around the bank's target, a summary of opinions at their January me...
Jan 29, 2021
Sweden’s central bank extends swap arrangement with U.S. Federal Reserve
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's central bank said it had agreed with the U.S. Federal Reserve to extend a $60 billion swap agreement signed during spring last year until Sept. 30 this year. The arrange...
Jan 29, 2021
BOJ seen dropping pledge to buy ETFs at current pace: ex-c.bank policymaker
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to drop its commitment to buy exchange-traded funds (ETF) at an annual pace of roughly 6 trillion yen ($57 billion) at i...
Jan 29, 2021
AstraZeneca offers 8 million extra doses to EU through March – source
By Francesco Guarascio and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has offered the European Union 8 million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this quarter, which the EU has deemed inadequate ...
Jan 29, 2021
Pakistan government appeals against acquittal of men convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Pearl
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's government on Friday petitioned the Supreme Court to review its decision to free an Islamist and his co-accused convicted of kidnapping and...
Jan 29, 2021
Vietnam to begin mass COVID-19 testing after new outbreak – health official
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will conduct mass testing for COVID-19 in the northern province of Hai Duong, the epicentre of a new outbreak of the coronavirus, and other affected areas, deputy health mini...
Jan 29, 2021
