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BoE’s Bailey speaks to lawmakers about rate hike decision
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and other top officials from the British central bank spoke to lawmakers on Wednesday about their decision earlier this month to raise interes...
Feb 23, 2022
Biden team seeks port revival plans as it spends infrastructure cash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is looking for projects to revamp U.S. ports as it ramps up spending from the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. President Joe Biden, facing political pre...
Feb 23, 2022
Deutsche Telekom to build global COVID vaccine verification app for WHO
BERLIN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has signed a contract with Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems to build a software solution for global electronic verification of coronavirus vaccina...
Feb 23, 2022
UK in most challenging time for monetary policy since 1992: BoE’s Broadbent
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is in the midst of its most challenging period for monetary policy since it started to target inflation 30 years ago, Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said on W...
Feb 23, 2022
World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate
By Nathan Allen and GUILLERMO MARTINEZ MADRID (Reuters) - Spurred on by soaring demand for seafood, a Spanish company plans to open the first commercial octopus farm next year but as scientists discov...
Feb 23, 2022
With cinemas closed, Ghana’s hand-painted movie posters find homes abroad
By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) - With a flick of his brush, Ghanaian painter Daniel Anum Jasper armed actor Paul Newman with a pair of revolvers. Unfinished paintings of a bell-...
Feb 23, 2022
Poland’s unemployment rate rises to 5.5% in January
(Reuters) - Poland's registered unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in January compared with 5.4% in December, statistics office data showed on Wednesday, below analysts' expectations of 5.6%. The statisti...
Feb 23, 2022
New Russia debt sanctions to have “limited implications” for bond holders – JPMorgan
LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan's emerging market strategists said on Wednesday that new U.S. sanctions on Russian sovereign debt announced this week were likely to have limited implications for the inter...
Feb 23, 2022
Tesla to expand parts production in Shanghai to meet export demand -document
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla Inc plans to expand parts production at its Shanghai factory to meet growing demand for exports, according to a document it filed with the city government. The automaker wil...
Feb 23, 2022
Broker Peel Hunt flags profit miss on delay in investment banking deals
(Reuters) - British broker Peel Hunt said on Wednesday it expected full-year earnings to miss analyst views, hurt by deal delays in its investment banking unit and a slowdown in its trading division, ...
Feb 23, 2022
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