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In unaffordable Seoul, housing is at the centre of the S.Korea election
By Cynthia Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - Lee Jae-hong would have had no trouble buying a home in the suburb of Ilsan on the outskirts of Seoul back in 2018. With a strong credit score and a job ...
Feb 28, 2022
Mexico’s Femsa eyes thousands more Oxxo stores across Latin America
By Valentine Hilaire and Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican bottler and retailer Femsa plans to increase the number of its Oxxo convenience stores by as much as 50% across Latin America over ...
Feb 28, 2022
Malaysia central bank to wait until third quarter to raise rates – Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) - Malaysia's central bank will wait until the third quarter before raising interest rates from a record low to support an uneven economic recovery, according to...
Feb 28, 2022
Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Environmental permits for Honduran metal and non-metal mining will be cancelled, the country's government said in a brief statement on Monday, describing th...
Feb 28, 2022
Americans, Canadians answer Ukraine call for foreign fighters
By Andrew Hay and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - A Texas software developer and a cook in British Columbia are among dozens of Americans and Canadians answering Ukraine's call for foreign volunteers to fight ...
Feb 28, 2022
Australia’s CBA to sell 10% stake in Bank of Hangzhou for $1.31 billion
(Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's No. 1 lender, said it would sell a 10% stake of China's Bank of Hangzhou for about A$1.8 billion ($1.31 billion), exiting a nearly two-decade-...
Feb 28, 2022
Explainer-Why Japan’s “shunto” spring wage talks matter
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Every March, management of Japan's blue-chip firms meet with unions for wage talks across industries that set the tone for employees' pay in the new fiscal year....
Feb 28, 2022
Australia financial crime watchdog slaps money laundering lawsuit on Crown Resorts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's financial crime watchdog filed a wide-ranging civil lawsuit against casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to assess risks of money launder...
Feb 28, 2022
Australia’s home price boom slows, Sydney takes a rare dip
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian home prices extended their long ascent in February, though Sydney saw the first dip in 17 months as a rush of supply, rising mortgage rates and stretched af...
Feb 28, 2022
Trump appeals ruling requiring that he testify in New York probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's ruling that he answer questions under oath in a civil probe by New York's attorney general into the former U.S. presi...
Feb 28, 2022
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