Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accounting
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, has again raised questions about the country's official data - especially a death rate that despite a recent jump,...
Apr 28, 2022
Vedanta seeks free land, cheap water, power in race to be India's first chipmaker-sources
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - In a race to become India's first chip maker, Vedanta Ltd is seeking 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of free land from states and other incentives...
Apr 28, 2022
India launches antitrust raids on Amazon sellers Cloudtail, Appario -sources
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's antitrust body launched raids on Thursday against two top domestic sellers of online retail giant Amazon.com Inc over accusations of having violated compet...
Apr 28, 2022
Putin set to dig in like a 'cancerous growth' in Ukraine-UK's Wallace
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin may seek to consolidate what he has got in Ukraine and dig in, like a "cancerous growth" within the country, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace s...
Apr 28, 2022
Syngenta first-quarter sales up 26% as farmers make early purchases
ZURICH (Reuters) - Syngenta Group increased first-quarter sales by 26% as farmers bought seeds and sprays early to avoid possible shortages later in the year, the Swiss agrochemicals company said on T...
Apr 28, 2022
Glencore lowers full-year production guidance for copper, zinc, cobalt
LONDON (Reuters) - Miner and trader Glencore lowered its 2022 production guidance on copper, zinc and cobalt after operational challenges and COVID-related absenteeism in the first quarter drove outpu...
Apr 28, 2022
Swiss National Bank posts $34 billion loss as bond losses bite
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank reported a first quarter loss of 32.8 billion Swiss francs ($33.75 billion), the central bank said on Thursday, as lower bond prices and the higher franc den...
Apr 28, 2022
MLB roundup: Giancarlo Stanton, Yanks overpower O's
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 350th career homer and lifted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning as the host New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 on Wednesday. Stanton reached the mi...
Apr 28, 2022
Japan's ANA posts FY operating loss, says outlook improving
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese airline ANA Holdings logged a full-year operating loss, hit hard by the country's COVID-19 curbs, but forecast a return to a profit this financial year as domestic demand re...
Apr 28, 2022
HelloFresh sheds investor worries with Q1 jumpstart
(Reuters) - German meal-kit maker HelloFresh reported better-than-expected preliminary results for the first quarter just before market close on Wednesday, followed by full results on Thursday. Group ...
Apr 28, 2022
