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BOJ may offer bleaker view on economy, Ukraine war adds to risks -sources
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan may downgrade its economic assessment at next week's policy meeting as a spike in Omicron COVID-19 infections dealt a bigger-than-e...
Mar 07, 2022
Ukraine's fight an inspiration for Taiwan, foreign minister says
By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) - Ukrainians fighting against Russian invaders have inspired the people of Taiwan, the island's foreign minister said on Monday, as he announced millions of dollars in aid...
Mar 07, 2022
UBS downgrades eurozone stocks on earnings risk
MILAN (Reuters) - The wealth management arm of Swiss bank UBS has downgraded euro zone equities to neutral citing the potential for negative economic and earnings growth revisions amid growing uncerta...
Mar 07, 2022
Russia backs IAEA chief's idea of Ukraine meeting but not at Chernobyl
VIENNA (Reuters) - Russia backs U.N. atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi's idea of a trilateral meeting with Ukraine on ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities there during Russia's invasion but not...
Mar 07, 2022
Asset manager Carmignac plans to divest from Russian securities
LONDON (Reuters) - French asset manager Carmignac said on Monday it would not buy Russian securities and would divest from existing assets, following a raft of other fund managers who have made simila...
Mar 07, 2022
UBS has limited Russia exposure, but sees risks of unexpected increases
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS's direct exposure to Russia made up $634 million of the Swiss bank's total emerging market exposure of $20.9 billion at the end of 2021, the bank said in its annual report. Swit...
Mar 07, 2022
Russian police detained 5,000 people at Sunday's anti-war protests - monitor
LONDON (Reuters) - Police detained 5,020 people at anti-war protests in Russia on Sunday, the OVD-Info monitoring group said on Monday. Russia's last protests with a similar number of arrests were in ...
Mar 07, 2022
Euro zone investor morale plummets in March on Ukraine crisis
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investor morale in the euro zone plunged in March in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the global economy, a survey showed on Monday. Sentix's ...
Mar 07, 2022
Britain's Next closes Russia operations
LONDON (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next is to close its Russian operations following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, joining a growing list of companies shunning the country. Next has told sta...
Mar 07, 2022
China and India should not "drain each others' energies", says Chinese foreign minister
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and India should help each other accomplish goals, instead of "draining each others' energies", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday. Ties between the two Asian gi...
Mar 07, 2022
