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Most Swedish mortgage borrowers have good buffers despite rising rates, FSA report says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish mortgage rates more than doubled for new mortgage borrowers in 2022 versus the previous year, but the majority of households still have good buffers in their personal fin...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
China to crack down on malicious online comments damaging reputation of businesses
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to clamp down on malicious online comments that damage the reputation of businesses and entrepreneurs, said a Cyberspace Administration official on Tuesday. "False info...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
‘Climate lockdown’ anger drives Swiss grandmother to sue Bern at EU court
By Emma Farge GENEVA(Reuters) - Last summer while dozens of Swiss pensioners were campaigning in the Alps to save their fast-melting glaciers, 85-year-old Marie-Eve Volkoff was instead stuck inside he...
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Factbox-Swiss female pensioners vs the government: EU court’s first climate case
GENEVA (Reuters) - A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination of a six-year legal battle in which they claim their government's ins...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
Cryptoverse: Buoyant bitcoin’s losing its liquidity
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - Bullish bitcoin has been a surprise winner of the banking blowout. Yet investors aiming to amp up their bets face an ominous obstacle: a lack of l...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
EU countries poised to approve 2035 phaseout of CO2-emitting cars
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries' energy ministers are set to give final approval on Tuesday to the bloc's law to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035, after Germany ...
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Euro 7 emissions proposals, the sequel Europe’s carmakers don’t want to see
By Christina Amann and Marie Mannes BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - European carmakers are fighting back against proposed emission regulations they argue are too costly, rushed and unnecessary, but which...
Syndicated Content Mar 28, 2023
Marketmind: Calm returns: Investors switch to bank fundamentals
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga Turbulence in global markets is gradually giving way to stability. A day after regional U.S. lender First Citizens BancShares ...
Syndicated Content Mar 27, 2023
Bankers at US midsize lenders battle to keep deposits after exodus
By Tatiana Bautzer and Nupur Anand LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Mid-sized U.S. lenders are getting creative as they try to hang onto customer deposits after two bank failures rattled consumers and spurred a ...
Syndicated Content Mar 27, 2023
Kuroda says BOJ needs to be ready to issue digital yen
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan must be ready to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDC) that coexist with various other forms of money to offer the public a safe digital paym...
Syndicated Content Mar 27, 2023
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