Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China repeats call for stability in Korean peninsula
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's consistent position is to maintain stability in the Korean peninsula, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after South Korean media reported that North Korea may conduct...
Sep 28, 2022
Austria condemns 'illegal sham referenda' held in Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria condemned the "illegal sham referenda" held in four occupied regions of Ukraine on joining Russia, said the Austrian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday. "The sham ...
Sep 28, 2022
Denmark's defence minister concerned about security in Baltic Sea region
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's defence minister said on Wednesday there is reason to be concerned about the security situation in the Baltic Sea region, highlighting the suspected sabotage on the tw...
Sep 28, 2022
ECB must place inflation concerns above growth, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must keep raising interest rates to tame inflation, even if the side effect of tighter policy will be weaker growth, ECB President Christine Lagarde sai...
Sep 28, 2022
ECB needs big Oct rate hike; should hit neutral rate this year, Rehn says
By Balazs Koranyi and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates quickly to tame inflation and could reach a level that no longer stimulates the...
Sep 28, 2022
Norway to hike taxes by $3 billion on power firms, fish farms
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's centre-left government said on Wednesday it plans to increase taxes on electricity producers and fish farmers to raise an extra 33 billion crowns ($3 billion) a year. "Energy...
Sep 28, 2022
Swedish business, consumer sentiment slides further in September
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sentiment among households and businesses in Sweden darkened further in September from an already low level, data from the NIER think tank showed on Wednesday. Consumer confidenc...
Sep 28, 2022
Spanish government to offer civil servants 3.5% pay rise, El Pais says
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government will offer civil servants a 3.5% pay rise in 2023 to partly offset the effects of soaring inflation, El Pais newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unidentif...
Sep 28, 2022
Pakistan finance minister known for propping up rupee in earlier stints
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's new finance minister, has strongly favoured intervention in currency markets in three previous stints in the job, but faces a nation in econ...
Sep 28, 2022
Lego posts strong growth on robust demand, new store openings
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Lego on Wednesday posted double-digit sales growth in the first half of the year, driven by new store openings and robust demand for its colourful pla...
Sep 28, 2022
