Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan minister flying to Lebanon to make case for Ghosn's return
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's vice minister of justice is traveling to Lebanon this weekend to try to make the case that fugitive ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan. Hiroyuki Yosh...
Feb 27, 2020
Trump decides not to take action on titanium sponge imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has decided not to take action on imports of titanium sponge, a key input in military aircraft, after a Commerce Department investigation found imports hu...
Feb 27, 2020
Japan MOF official: Markets reflecting 'shock' of coronavirus spread
TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Japanese finance official said on Friday that market movements were reflecting the "shock" of the new coronavirus spreading. He refrained from commenting on specific market ...
Feb 27, 2020
Hong Kong home prices fall for second straight month in January
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong private home prices fell for the second straight month in January on low transaction volumes, easing 0.2% amid the emergence of the novel coronavirus in a property mark...
Feb 27, 2020
Japan scrambles for workarounds after Abe urges March school shutdown to stem coronavirus
By Chang-Ran Kim and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Angry Japanese parents joined bewildered teachers and businesses on Friday in a rush to find new ways to live and work for a month after Prime Minist...
Feb 27, 2020
Malaysia's monarchy to rule on pathway out of political turmoil
By Rozanna Latiff and Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's nine monarchs are due to meet on Friday to determine how the country's next government will be formed after the shock resignati...
Feb 27, 2020
China's 2019 disposable income further cools, consumption subdued
BEIJING (Reuters) - Disposable income growth slowed further in China last year while household consumption cooled, as the world's second-largest economy clocked its weakest pace of expansion since 199...
Feb 27, 2020
Australia central bank to hold rates in March, two cuts seen by year-end: Reuters poll
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank will hold its cash rate at record lows next week and cut twice later in the year, a Reuters poll showed, as a rapidly spreading coronavirus ...
Feb 27, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, two others arrested on illegal assembly charges - media
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly, loc...
Feb 27, 2020
Oil prices fall again, on track for biggest weekly drop in over 4 years
By Koustav Samanta SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell for a sixth straight session on Friday and were on track for about a 12% weekly fall, the biggest in more than four years, as the spread of the...
Feb 27, 2020
