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Dollar set for fifth winning week on hawkish Fed as payrolls loom
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was headed for a fifth winning week versus major peers on Friday, ahead of closely watched U.S. jobs report that's likely to back the case for aggressive...
May 05, 2022
Australia’s central bank drastically raises inflation forecasts, flags more rate hikes
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Friday drastically revised up forecasts for inflation, foreshadowing how far interest rates might have to rise to bring the country's cost of living cris...
May 05, 2022
Strong rice demand from Asia, Africa lift Indian prices
By Roshan Abraham (Reuters) - Export prices of rice from India rose this week on increasing demand from Asia and Africa, while dwindling supplies of the staple lifted Vietnamese rates. Top exporter In...
May 05, 2022
Philippine consumers use app to counter record retail fuel prices
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine motorcycle enthusiast John Aldwin Bagabagon rode easier than many other local motorcyclists and drivers this year as domestic fuel prices surged to record levels. Bagabag...
May 05, 2022
Oil falls as demand concerns weigh against tight supply
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped at the start of Asian trade on Friday as worries about an economic downturn that could dampen demand for crude vied with concerns over new sanctions fro...
May 05, 2022
Exclusive-Recruitment software maker iCIMS raises funding from TA Associates after pulling IPO
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Recruitment software company iCIMS has raised fresh capital from U.S. private equity firm TA Associates after scrapping plans to go public, its chief executive told Reuters o...
May 05, 2022
Macquarie warns of slowdown after bumper year, shares tumble almost 6%
By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) - Australia's Macquarie on Friday warned of significantly lower income from its commodities trading arm and forecast transaction activity at its capital business to ease fr...
May 05, 2022
Brazil’s Petrobras posts $9 billion profit as Bolsonaro rails against company
By Gram Slattery and Roberto Samora RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras posted a first-quarter net income that beat forecasts on Thursday, just minutes after Brazilian President Jair Bolsona...
May 05, 2022
Tokyo consumer prices rise at fastest pace in 7 years
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking the f...
May 05, 2022
Thousands refuse to evacuate largest U.S. wildfire in New Mexico
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - Thousands of people told to flee the largest wildfire burning in the United States have chosen to stay and defend generational homes in the mountains of northern N...
May 05, 2022
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