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Digital, circular economy can earn Thailand $3.4 billion a year extra – World Bank
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Digital and disruptive technologies and development of a circular economy can earn Thailand up to $3.4 billion each year in additional investments, savings and revenue, the World B...
Syndicated Content Feb 22, 2022
Bitcoin could be laid low by miners’ malady
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - Bitcoin miners are feeling the heat - and the pain's rippling downstream to pressure prices. The cryptocurrency's spectacular rally in 2021 drew t...
Syndicated Content Feb 22, 2022
As inflation hits 30-year high, UK households start to buckle
By Kate Holton and William Schomberg ASHFORD, England (Reuters) - After work in the evenings, Nicola Frape turns off the heating and huddles under a blanket with her daughter and a hot water bottle. A...
Syndicated Content Feb 22, 2022
HSBC says Hong Kong COVID clampdown may hurt ability to hire, keep staff
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - HSBC said Hong Kong's strict curbs on travel and social interaction are hurting the economy and may impact the ability to hire and keep staff in the Asian financial hub, i...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
Toshiba says 3D drops part of proposal on articles of incorporation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday that a major shareholder, 3D Investment Partners, had withdrawn part of its shareholder proposal. Last week, Toshiba said it planned an extraordi...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
Users should be allowed to sue U.S. tech giants under EU rules, civil groups say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Individual users should be allowed to take U.S. tech giants to court for breaching landmark EU rules aimed at curbing their power, Privacy International, pan-Europ...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
Sri Lanka open to dialog with IMF – cabinet spokesman
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is open to discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral lenders for assistance amid its worst economic crisis in years, a cabinet spokesm...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
Exclusive-HSBC targets 34% cut to emissions from oil and gas clients by 2030
By Simon Jessop, Tommy Wilkes and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC aims to cut emissions associated with loans made to its oil and gas clients by 34% this decade, the bank's sustainability chief...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
Dubai airport passenger traffic up in 2021 but still way below 2019
Dubai International Airport, the busiest globally for international traffic, saw 29.1 million passengers pass through its terminals in 2021, a 12.7% jump from a year earlier. Dubai Airports, the state...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
HSBC annual pretax profit more than doubles, brings forward key target
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings on Tuesday reported annual pre-tax profit more than doubled as the Asia-focused bank reversed hefty credit charges booked previously, saying it now expects to meet a...
Syndicated Content Feb 21, 2022
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