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Japan’s factory activity hampered by weak demand – PMI
TOKYO - Japan's manufacturing activity fell back into contraction in June and service sector growth slowed for the first time in seven months, surveys showed on Friday, as business confidence and dema...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
EU’s industry chief defends data rules criticised by Big Tech
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union industry chief Thierry Breton on Thursday defended draft rules aimed at preventing non-EU governments from gaining illegal access to EU data, saying...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
James Cameron says he wishes he’d sounded alarm over lost submersible
By Rollo Ross and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Brazil unveils compensation funds in proposed tax reform
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's proposed tax reform will include compensation funds to benefit states which lose money under the changes, the bill's coordinator Congressman Aguinaldo Ribeiro said on Thu...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
BlackRock announces fresh layoffs impacting less than 1% of staff – memo
By Anirudh Saligrama (Reuters) - BlackRock has announced layoffs that would impact less than 1% of its workforce as a result of budget reallocations to support critical priorities, according to a memo...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Shanghai’s ‘voguing’ dancers step lightly to avoid official gaze
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Two hundred people gathered in a club in a basement in China's financial capital, many dressed in red and black latex with corsets and fishnet stockings, to cheer co...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Japan’s core consumer inflation stays above BOJ target for 14th straight month
By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices in May rose 3.2% from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, slowing from the previous month but staying above the cent...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Wyoming judge blocks ban on abortion pills -report
(Reuters) - A Wyoming judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a law banning medication abortion in the Western state, delaying what could be the nation's first such ban while a lawsuit challenging it ma...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Citi will hold employees ‘accountable’ for office attendance -statement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup will start holding employees "accountable" for compliance with hybrid work model rules, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. Bloomberg reported earlier the bank wil...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
Tunisia tells IMF conditions for financial support risk unrest
(Reuters) - Tunisia's President Kais Saied told the International Monetary Fund's managing director that the fund's conditions to provide financial support to the North African country risks sparking ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2023
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