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Euro hovers near 20-year low on recession worries
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro hovered near a two-decade low against the dollar on Thursday as Europe's energy woes cast a long shadow over the economic outlook. The euro was about flat ...
Jul 06, 2022
Merck in advanced talks to buy Seagen in $40-billion deal – WSJ
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Merck & Co is in advanced talks to buy cancer-focused biotech company Seagen Inc in a deal that could be worth roughly $40 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on We...
Jul 06, 2022
Exxon delivers first sustainable aviation fuel cargo to Singapore Changi Airport
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday it has delivered the first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) cargo to Changi Airport, as part of a one-year pilot programme to test the new fuel f...
Jul 06, 2022
Sri Lanka cenbank raises rates to contain record high inflation
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) raised its key rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to tackle record high domestic inflation and to contain any build-up of adverse inf...
Jul 06, 2022
S&P revises state-owned Mexican oil firm Pemex’s outlook to stable
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings revised on Wednesday the outlook for Mexico's state-oil firm Pemex to stable from negative, after it reviewed Mexico's long-term outlook. According to the rating agency,...
Jul 06, 2022
Suncity shares set to open up 114% after naming new majority shareholder
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares in Macau's Suncity Group Holdings Ltd were set to open 114% higher on Thursday after resuming trading with its Executive Director Andrew Lo becoming the company's new majo...
Jul 06, 2022
China studying extending tax exemption for NEVs – commerce ministry
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is studying the possibility of extending a tax exemption for new electric vehicles (EV) as part of a raft of efforts to spur vehicle consumption in the country, the commerce...
Jul 06, 2022
In China’s Shenzhen, nostalgia persists for the old days of Hong Kong culture
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - A trip to glamorous Hong Kong was a distant dream for most Chinese mainlanders in the mid-1990s, but for schoolgirl Tracey Chen in the southern boomtown of ...
Jul 06, 2022
Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives – Business Insider
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his neurotechnology firm Neuralink, had twins in November of 2021, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. In April...
Jul 06, 2022
Police missed chance to shoot Uvalde gunman before massacre
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - An Uvalde police officer awaiting a supervisor's permission to fire his rifle missed a chance to take out a school shooter who went on to massacre 19 children and two teac...
Jul 06, 2022
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