Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis-Bumper US corn harvest sinks prices, pushes global supply to surplus
By Mark Weinraub MAPLE PARK, Illinois (Reuters) - After a dry spring threatened to wither the U.S. corn crop in the fields, farmers are harvesting what will likely be the country's third-largest crop ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
EU Commission fines pharma companies for price fixing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Thursday said it had fined five pharmaceutical companies for a total of 13.4 million euros ($14.1 million) in a settlement of an antitrust investigation...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Olympics being used as tool of political pressure and discrimination, Putin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has learnt that the Olympics can be used as a tool of political pressure and ethnic discrimination, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "The Games can be used as an in...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Marketmind: To 5% and beyond, bond yields soar
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A buoyant U.S. economy, hawkish Federal Reserve and dysfunctional Congress are sending Treasury bond yields soaring through 5% and be...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
IMF, Bangladesh agree on first review of $4.7 billion bailout
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and Bangladesh reached a staff-level agreement on Thursday on the first review of a $4.7 billion bailout, the IMF said, in a boost for the cash-strapped eco...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
UK PM Sunak says UK stands with Israel, important to provide aid to Gaza
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that the UK stood in solidarity with Israel as the two met there on Thursday, with Sunak adding that it was al...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Pakistan court forbids arrest of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif on his return
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistan court on Thursday barred authorities from arresting a former three-time prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, upon his expected return home on Saturday from fou...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
France's Macron attends funeral of teacher killed in knife attack
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday attended the funeral of Dominique Bernard, a 57-year old teacher who was stabbed to death at his school in a suspected Islamist attack si...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Indonesia central bank unexpectedly raises rates amid falling rupiah
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bank Indonesia unexpectedly raised interest rates on Thursday to arrest the rupiah's decline amid U.S. monetary tightening and rising geopol...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
China formally arrests Astellas employee suspected of spying, Japan urges release
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) -China has formally arrested a Japanese businessman who was detained in March on suspicion of espionage, the Japanese government said on Thursday, ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
