Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China says it is opposed to Canada ban on Huawei/ZTE 5G equipment
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing said on Friday that it was opposed to Canada's plan to ban the use of 5G equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman ...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
EDF delays UK nuclear project to 2027, ups price by 3 billion pounds
PARIS (Reuters) - Britain's first new nuclear plant in decades is expected to be delayed by around a year to 2027 and its price raised by 3 billion pounds ($3.74 billion) EDF, the French company behin...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
H&M-backed project pilots CO2-capturing aprons at Stockholm restaurant
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Stockholm restaurant crew is wearing cotton aprons that capture greenhouse gas from the air, in a pilot of a technique developed by H&M-backed researchers as the fashion indust...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors unveil light EVs for Japan
By Satoshi Sugiyama KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp and Nissan Motor Co unveiled their first jointly developed light electric vehicles (EVs), aiming to draw more Japanese d...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
Prosus to sell Russian online marketplace Avito, formerly worth $6 billion
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prosus, the Dutch-based technology investor, said on Friday it would seek a buyer for its Russian online marketplace Avito. Avito had been one of Prosus's most valuable investmen...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
Suspect apprehended after Norway stabbings, police say
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Friday they have apprehended a suspect following a stabbing incident in south-east Norway. (Reporting by Terje Solsvik and Victoria Klesty, editing by Gwladys...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
Russian rouble rallies past 60 vs dollar
(Reuters) - The rouble extended recent gains on Friday and crossed the 60 mark against the dollar for the first time since April 2018, boosted by capital controls and domestic tax payments that usuall...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
BoE's Pill sees need for further interest rate rises
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will need to raise interest rates further to combat the risk of self-perpetuating price rises, the central bank's chief economist, Huw Pill, said in a speech on ...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
Russia's Sberbank appoints acting CFO after string of senior resignations
(Reuters) - Russia's largest lender Sberbank on Friday said it had appointed Taras Skvortsov as acting finance director, following a spate of high-profile exits that included former CFO Alexandra Buri...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
European shares rally as China central bank stimulus lifts recovery hopes
(Reuters) - European shares opened higher on Friday, as hopes of an economic recovery in major trading partner China were bolstered by more central bank stimulus, but a gauge of regional shares was se...
Thomson Reuters May 20, 2022
