Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Virtual work parties: the good, the bad and the plain peculiar
By Colm Fulton Stockholm (Reuters) - Virtual work parties? You can't really mingle with colleagues, or dance with them, and it's tough to get in the disco mood in your home office. On the other hand, ...
Feb 25, 2021
Kazakh president orders ban on foreign ownership of farmland
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan will permanently ban foreigners from owning or renting farmland in the vast Central Asian nation, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday, ending a lengthy dispu...
Feb 25, 2021
Neoen lines up government funding for big battery in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - France's Neoen has won A$160 million ($128 million) in cheap finance from the Australian government to help fund what will be one of the world's biggest batteries, which it said ...
Feb 25, 2021
Astrazeneca denies vaccine delivery shortfall to EU, Italy – paper
MILAN (Reuters) - AstraZeneca will deliver 180 million COVID-19 vaccines to Europe in the second quarter, of which 20 million to Italy, the head of its Italian unit was quoted as saying on Thursday, d...
Feb 25, 2021
Raising rates abruptly could jeopardise economic recovery: ECB’s Schnabel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Raising interest rates too abruptly could jeopardise economic recovery, European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel said in an interview published on Thursday, adding there w...
Feb 25, 2021
Hong Kongers snap up UK homes and do what they excel at: being landlords
By Clare Jim and William James HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents are buying more houses and apartments to lease out for income in Britain, property agents say, a trend that coincides with what...
Feb 25, 2021
Aboriginal Australian group encouraged but wary of South32’s engagement
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian Aboriginal group said it was encouraged by the increased engagement taken by miner South32 over a new mine in Western Australia but remained cautious whether the mi...
Feb 25, 2021
Philippines to receive first COVID-19 vaccines, start inoculations next week
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will take delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines at the weekend, allowing it to kick off its inoculation programme from next week, a senior official said on Thursda...
Feb 25, 2021
Southeast Asia’s biggest travel app plans regional fintech expansion before 2021 listing
By Fanny Potkin and Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Traveloka, Southeast Asia's largest online travel startup, plans to launch financial services in Thailand and Vietnam as it eyes a U.S. listing ...
Feb 25, 2021
Indonesia says to secure Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for private use
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will receive at least two million doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm for use in a private vaccination scheme due to run alongside a national ino...
Feb 25, 2021
