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Pakistan central bank seen raising key rate to record 22% as inflation bites
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank looks set to raise its key interest rate by 200 basis points to a record high of 22% at its review on April 4, as it struggles to ...
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Factbox-The Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturers navigating export curbs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has seen its share of the semiconductor market fall from 50% in the late 1980s to about 10% but still hosts some of the most advanced chipmaking equipment manufacturers, making...
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Netflix restructures film group as it scales back movie output – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Video streaming service Netflix Inc is restructuring its film group, which will result in layoffs and the departure of two of its most experienced executives, Bloomberg reported on Thursda...
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China needs to step up fiscal policy help for its economy – vice Finance Minister
BEIJING (Reuters) - China needs to step up fiscal policy assistance for its economy, Vice Finance Minister Zhu Zhongming said on Friday, adding the country will move steadily on implementing preferent...
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Factbox-Asia’s carbon pricing and emission trading systems
By Matthew Chye SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japan, the world's fifth-biggest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter, will begin a carbon pricing scheme in stages from April to encourage companies to curb emissions an...
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Philippine central bank: March annual inflation likely in 7.4%-8.2% range
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine annual inflation in March was expected to come in between 7.4% and 8.2%, with downward pressure seen from lower prices of petroleum and some food items, the central bank ...
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China to boost regulatory oversight of digital economy -central bank deputy governor
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China will beef up its regulatory oversight of the digital economy, as new technologies, especially new forms of finance, should not be blindly accepted and recognised, a deput...
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Dollar to log quarterly drop as rate hike bets recede
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar tracked toward a second consecutive quarterly loss on Friday, as investors see U.S. interest rates close to peaking and expect the dollar's yield adva...
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Southeast Asian finance leaders in talks on containing global risks
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asian central bank governors and finance ministers are set to wrap up talks on Friday, after meeting in Bali this week for discussions often focused on how th...
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Oil rises as China factory activity expansion lifts demand hopes
By Sudarshan Varadhan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed in early Asian trade on Friday as sentiment was boosted by an expansion in factory activity in China, the world's second largest crude co...
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