Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Asian business confidence gains steam, pandemic still top risk: Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian firms turned most optimistic in the fourth quarter this year, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, as business activity picked up in the region and COVI...
Dec 22, 2020
Kitchen equipment piles up as pandemic shutters Japan's restaurants
By Akira Tomoshige and Hideto Sakai YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - A truck laden with kitchen sinks, cutlery, pots and pans pulls up to a warehouse in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and workers begin to unloa...
Dec 22, 2020
Japan to ban entry of non-Japanese from UK over coronavirus mutation from Thursday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will ban the entry of non-Japanese people from the United Kingdom beginning Thursday due to the discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus mutation in that country, Chief Cab...
Dec 22, 2020
South Korea temporarily suspends UK flights until Dec. 31: health ministry
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will temporarily suspend flights from the United Kingdom until the end of December over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus, health ministry official Yoon Tae-ho tol...
Dec 22, 2020
Oil falls on surprise build in U.S. crude stocks, Trump threat to U.S. relief spending
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil fell in early trade on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude oil stocks rose last week, defying expectations for a decline, and U.S. President Donald...
Dec 22, 2020
Virus worries buoy dollar, pound swung by Brexit gyrations
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held gains against major peers in holiday-thinned trading on Wednesday as caution about a fast-spreading coronavirus variant in the UK stoked demand for ...
Dec 22, 2020
Philippines bans all flights from Britain starting Dec. 24
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all flights from the United Kingdom, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as the European nation battles a more infectious COVID-19 stra...
Dec 22, 2020
Mexico records 12,511 new coronavirus cases, 897 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 12,511 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 897 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,338,426 c...
Dec 22, 2020
Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide raises $200 million from bus maker Yutong
BEIJING (Reuters) - WeRide, a Chinese startup developing autonomous vehicles, said on Wednesday it had raised $200 million from Yutong Group, the parent of bus maker Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co Ltd, and t...
Dec 22, 2020
BOJ debated room for stimulus tweaks with eye on long battle with pandemic
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers kicked off discussions in October on ways to make their massive stimulus programme more sustainable, with one member calling for a tweak to...
Dec 22, 2020
