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Wizz Air investor AkademikerPension ditches stake over labour rights
LONDON (Reuters) - Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Monday it was selling its stake in budget airline Wizz Air over alleged "human and labour rights abuses" towards its workers. The $23 b...
Feb 07, 2022
South Africa’s net reserves dip to $55.005 billion in January
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's net reserves dipped to $55.005 billion in January from $55.309 billion in December, the Reserve Bank said on Monday. Gross reserves fell to $57.199 billion in J...
Feb 07, 2022
Aurubis confirms 85% quarterly profit rise, raised earnings forecast
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Aurubis AG, Europe's largest copper producer, on Monday confirmed a rise of about 85% in quarterly profits and repeated increased earnings estimates for its new financial year as h...
Feb 07, 2022
Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - On Jan. 12, an image of a computer-generated pixelated person was sold for about $50.6 million worth of cryptocurrency on a new online marketplace that caters ...
Feb 07, 2022
U.S. stock market liquidity ‘abysmal,’ adding to volatility risk
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liquidity in U.S. stocks has fallen to levels last seen during the COVID-19 selloff two years ago, adding to volatility in an already-nervous market. Market l...
Feb 07, 2022
DP World posts 9.4% rise in 2021 container volumes
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ports giant DP World on Monday reported a 9.4% rise in 2021 container volumes, though growth rates moderated in the fourth quarter which the Dubai state company said was expected due...
Feb 06, 2022
Japan’s Dec coincident index sees first fall in three months -govt
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coincident indicator index in December fell for the first time in three months, the government said on Monday, a sign the economy was sluggish even before seeing a record sur...
Feb 06, 2022
Column-Rio’s dreadful workplace report may boost cost of energy transition: Russell
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's decision to go public with a self-damning report into its workplace culture should be a watershed moment for a wider mining industry aimi...
Feb 06, 2022
Samsung, Blue Ocean launch U.S. stock trading during South Korean business hours
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian investors can now buy and sell U.S. stocks during Korean business hours in real time through a partnership between Samsung Securities and U.S.-based off-exch...
Feb 06, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. calls for ‘concrete action’ from China to meet Phase 1 purchase commitments
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials called on Monday for "concrete action" from China to make good on its commitment to purchase $200 billion in additional U.S. goo...
Feb 06, 2022
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