Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan economic panel calls for early start of talks on raising minimum wages
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel on Wednesday called on the government, management and labour unions to swiftly start talks on rais...
Oct 30, 2024
Japan's life insurers set to buy JGBs in Oct-March, weigh risk returns
By Tomo Uetake TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's major life insurers are expected to continue purchasing Japanese government bonds (JGBs) into the second half of the fiscal year, but the pace and extent of th...
Oct 30, 2024
KDP wins Iraqi Kurdish parliamentary election, commission says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) came first in a parliamentary election in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, winning 39 seats, the election commission said o...
Oct 30, 2024
Ukraine, Russia in talks on halting strikes on energy facilities, FT reports
(Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia are in the early stages of negotiations about potentially halting airstrikes on each other's energy facilities, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people famil...
Oct 30, 2024
Top Taiwan chip designer MediaTek says geopolitical risks 'difficult' subject
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The chief executive of Taiwan's top chip design company MediaTek said on Wednesday that geopolitical risk is a very difficult subject but they have a strong compliance programme and...
Oct 30, 2024
German unemployment rises more than expected in October, labour office says
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of people out of work in Germany rose more than expected in October, federal labour office figures showed on Wednesday. The office said the number of unemployed increased...
Oct 30, 2024
German economy grew by 0.2% in third quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's gross domestic product unexpectedly grew by 0.2% in the third quarter compared with the previous three-month period, preliminary data from the statistics office showed on ...
Oct 30, 2024
Chinese automaker Geely steps up challenge to BYD with new hybrid tech
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Geely Automobile Holdings took the wraps off its latest hybrid technology on Wednesday, boasting some better fuel economy and driving range figures than rival technology fr...
Oct 30, 2024
CEO of German engineering group vows transparency after deadly U.S. dock collapse
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - The chief executive of Germany's Bilfinger has promised full transparency in investigating the collapse of a boat dock in the U.S. state of Georgia in which seven people were k...
Oct 30, 2024
Trump and Harris seek votes in battleground North Carolina with six days to go
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make some of their final election pitches to voters on Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state with a Demo...
Oct 30, 2024
