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China Q1 pork output jumps 14% on year – stats bureau
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first-quarter pork output jumped 14% from a year earlier to 15.61 million tonnes, data showed on Monday, after an increase in the size of its hog herd over the past year. T...
Apr 17, 2022
China’s Q1 GDP beats forecast, but March activity heightens risks to outlook
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's economy grew at a faster than expected clip in the first quarter, data showed on Monday, expanding 4.8% year-on-year, but the risk of a sharp slowdown over coming months has...
Apr 17, 2022
BOJ Gov Kuroda: “recent sharp yen weakening” could impact firms’ profit plans
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank Of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday that the recent sharp weakening in the yen could impact on Japanese firms' earnings plans. It is desirable that currencies move ...
Apr 17, 2022
Oil prices rise on supply concerns as Ukraine crisis deepens
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as concerns grew about tighter global supply, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine raising the prospect of heavier sanctions by the West on...
Apr 17, 2022
Explainer-Sri Lanka’s reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis has triggered an unprecedented wave of spontaneous protests as the island nation of 22 million people str...
Apr 17, 2022
UK employers offer average 2.8% pay rise to staff – survey
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers are offering annual pay settlements worth an average increase of 2.8% to staff, well below the rate of inflation, a survey showed on Monday. The Chartered Manageme...
Apr 17, 2022
Global Citizen seeks up to $1 billion for six sustainable ‘Impact’ funds
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Global Citizen, an international non-profit aiming to help end poverty, said on Monday it plans to launch six funds of up to $1 billion each focused on generating en...
Apr 17, 2022
Box Office: ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Opens to Franchise-Low $43 Million
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore," the third chapter in the "Harry Potter" spinoff series, collected a muted $43 million in its domestic box of...
Apr 17, 2022
Tata Steel to consider proposal to split equity shares on May 3
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The board of Tata Steel Ltd will on May 3 consider a proposal to split the stock and also recommend a dividend, the Indian steel maker said in a statement on Sunday. Without spec...
Apr 17, 2022
LaHood: Putin needs to be tried as war criminal
PEORIA, Ill. – He said it probably before he knew he’d be one of 400 members of Congress that would officially be sanctioned by Russia, but Congressman Darin LaHood does believe that count...
Apr 17, 2022
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