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Comedian Jon Stewart feted for humor, advocacy with Mark Twain Prize
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart became the 23rd recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, with tributes from late night television...
Apr 24, 2022
BOJ to keep ultra-low rates, dovish stance as inflation clouds recovery
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates on Thursday and hold off from major tweaks to its dovish policy guidance, as rising raw material costs f...
Apr 24, 2022
Gold hits over 2-week low on hawkish Fed bets, firmer dollar
By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) - Gold prices dipped on Monday to their lowest in more than two weeks, as bets for an increasingly aggressive and hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve approach to tightening monetar...
Apr 24, 2022
Rising energy prices push almost half German companies to cut new investments – survey
BERLIN (Reuters) - Around 40% of German companies are already feeling the impact of rising energy prices and almost half want to reduce investments due to rising energy costs, a survey showed on Monda...
Apr 24, 2022
Stocks slide, dollar climbs as rate hike concern in focus
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell the most in two weeks on Monday as concern about rapid U.S. rate rises and slowing growth rattled investors, while the euro found support after...
Apr 24, 2022
Oil prices extend losses as Shanghai lockdowns hit demand outlook
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices extended losses on Monday amid persistent worries that prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential U.S. rate hikes would dent global economic g...
Apr 24, 2022
Nissan shares fall 4% on report Renault exploring stake sale
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Nissan Motor Co Ltd dropped 4% in early trade on Monday, following a report that its top shareholder Renault SA is exploring a potential stake sale. Bloomberg reported on F...
Apr 24, 2022
Euro inches up after Macron’s victory, gains against bruised sterling
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The euro gained a fraction in early trade on Monday following French President Emmanuel Macron's comfortable Sunday defeat of far-right rival Marine Le Pen, the outc...
Apr 24, 2022
Illegal loggers in Vietnam train as jungle tour guides
By Minh Nguyen PHONG NHA, Vietnam (Reuters) - Vietnamese logger turned jungle tour guide Ngoc Anh knows the value of trees. For years he chopped them down illegally to sell as timber, often working wi...
Apr 24, 2022
Apple supplier Foxconn suspends production at two China factories – SCMP
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's prime supplier Foxconn Technology Group halted operations at two of its factories in eastern China's Kunshan after new COVID-19 cases were reported on site, the South China Mor...
Apr 24, 2022
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