Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore May manufacturing output up 13.8% y/y amid chip shortage
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's industrial output in May beat forecasts and grew 13.8% year-on-year, due to strong demand from 5G markets and data centres amid a global semiconductor chip shortage, ...
Jun 24, 2022
Britain's Conservative party chair resigns after by-election defeats
LONDON (Reuters) - Oliver Dowden, the chairman of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, resigned on Friday, saying it could not carry on with business as usual after two crushing ...
Jun 24, 2022
Curtis Mewbourne, Texas oil company founder, dies at 86
(Reuters) - Curtis Mewbourne, founder of one of the largest closely held oil companies in the United States, died on Thursday at age 86. His company, Mewbourne Oil Co., operates more than 2,100 oil an...
Jun 23, 2022
Exclusive: Japan emphasised hybrids in policy document after lawmaker cited lobbying from Toyota head
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan changed a key policy document to show its support for hybrids was on par with battery-electric vehicles after a lawmaker cited the head of Toyota saying auto...
Jun 23, 2022
Humble rice bran becomes hot commodity as India scours for edible oils
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Rice bran has become a sought-after commodity in India as the world's biggest importer of vegetable oils tries to overcome an edible oil shortage caused by global...
Jun 23, 2022
Draft-day trades: Knicks, Hornets flip first-rounders for future picks
Two top-13 picks were swapped after their selections in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. French forward Ousmane Dieng, selected by the New York Knicks with the No. 11 pick, is reportedly on his way to...
Jun 23, 2022
Australia looks to mend French ties on PM visit after submarine row
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit France next week as his new Labor government looks to repair relations strained last year when Australia scrapped...
Jun 23, 2022
India records 17,336 new coronavirus cases, a four-month high
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India recorded 17,336 new daily infections of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday, the highest single-day rise since Feb. 20, according to a Reuters tally. India's r...
Jun 23, 2022
Malaysia's May CPI up 2.8% y/y, higher than forecast
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.8% from a year earlier in May, government data showed on Friday. The rise was more than the 2.6% expansion forecast by 17 economis...
Jun 23, 2022
E.ON's CEO says Germany should boost domestic gas production
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should explore all options to increase domestic natural gas output including fracking, the chief executive of German energy provider E.ON's said, as Berlin triggered the "al...
Jun 23, 2022
