Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Inner Mongolia to end cryptocurrency mining, ban new steel, coke projects
By Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Inner Mongolia will end all cryptocurrency mining projects and stop reviewing new projects in industries which consume large amounts of energy,...
Mar 01, 2021
Palm oil in focus as Swiss vote on trade pact with Indonesia
By Silke Koltrowitz ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss voters will decide on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia on Sunday, with lower tariffs on palm oil imports the main issue in what the polls predic...
Mar 01, 2021
Saudia plans to order 70 Airbus, Boeing jets: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) plans to order 70 airliners from Airbus and Boeing, Saudi news outlet Maaal reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources. Saudia is in ...
Mar 01, 2021
Banks in EU to publish world’s first ‘green’ yardstick from next year
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Banks in the European Union would have to publish a groundbreaking "green asset ratio" (GAR) as a core measure of their climate-friendly business activities from next y...
Mar 01, 2021
Asian equities face outflows in February due to rise in U.S. bond yields
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Foreigners were net sellers of Asian equities for a second consecutive month in February, hit by a jump in U.S. Treasury yields, which prompted...
Mar 01, 2021
UK consumer credit slumped as new lockdown hit in January: BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer borrowing fell at its fastest pace in January since May last year as the country went back into a coronavirus lockdown, Bank of England data showed on Monday. Unsec...
Mar 01, 2021
France’s Sarkozy awaits verdict in corruption trial
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court will deliver its verdict in the corruption trial of former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, with prosecutors demanding he face jail time. Sarkozy, who led France f...
Mar 01, 2021
China to provide Afghanistan with 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - China has pledged to deliver 400,000 doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine to Afghanistan, Afghan officials said on Monday, in a boost for an immunisation campa...
Mar 01, 2021
UK February factory output grows at slowest pace since May: PMI
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers reported the slowest output growth since May last month, as supply-chain disruptions and rising costs linked to Brexit and COVID-19 limited t...
Mar 01, 2021
Japan PM Suga apologises after spokeswoman resigns over expensive dinners scandal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga apologised on Monday following the resignation of a key spokeswoman, who along with other senior bureaucrats were reprimanded for attending exp...
Mar 01, 2021
