Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How Indonesia's policy stumbles over palm oil have unfolded
By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Indonesian cooking oil prices started climbing in November, authorities faced pressure to contain the cost of the household necessity made from palm oi...
Apr 29, 2022
Solomon Islands PM says won't accept militarisation of Pacific
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China because a similar deal with Australia was inadequate, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said, adding his country knew the cost o...
Apr 29, 2022
Analysis-Globalised yuan complicates Beijing's bid to stem capital flight
By Samuel Shen and Alun John SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - This month's dive in China's currency has revived memories of past routs but market participants say increased foreign holdings of yuan asse...
Apr 29, 2022
Iran: 'Terrorist attacks' on nuclear facilities behind move of centrifuge machines
(Reuters) - The relocation of a significant part of centrifuge machines to a safer location was due to a "terrorist attack" against Iran's Karaj nuclear site, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organ...
Apr 29, 2022
UK organisation says two aid workers held by Russian forces in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British volunteers working to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine have been captured by the Russian military there, according to the organisation for which the men worked. The n...
Apr 29, 2022
Barclays suspends market making in its own debt after blunder
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has temporarily halted market making in its own debt securities following a trading blunder, the British bank said on Friday. Barclays disclosed on March 28 that it had exc...
Apr 29, 2022
Hong Kong student jailed for five years under national security law
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Friday increased a jail sentence to five years, in line with a China-imposed national security law, for a student who called for independence ...
Apr 29, 2022
Earnings, Prosus lift European stocks at end of choppy April
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Friday as strong earnings reports and a rally in mining and technology stocks boosted risk appetite at the end of a volatile month dominated by concerns about slowi...
Apr 29, 2022
Novo Nordisk lifts 2022 outlook after strong quarter, shares jump
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shares in Novo Nordisk jumped on Friday after the firm lifted its sales and operating profit guidance for the year on the back of forecast-beating first-quarter earnings, driven...
Apr 29, 2022
Large Generali shareholder vote seen boosting CEO's chances
MILAN (Reuters) - Generali shareholders representing 70.7% of the Italian insurer's capital registered to vote at Friday's annual general meeting in a move that is expected to favour the reappointment...
Apr 29, 2022
