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Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that r...
Jan 20, 2022
Tokyo’s consumer prices seen posting slower growth in January: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Consumer inflation in Tokyo will likely post slightly slower year-on-year growth in January, a Reuters poll showed, after the suspension of a government discount travel campaign in l...
Jan 20, 2022
China forex regulator aims to defuse risk of external shocks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China must prevent and defuse the risk of external shocks this year while strengthening macro-prudential management and guiding market expectations, the country's foreign exchange...
Jan 20, 2022
South Africa gets $750 million World Bank loan to bolster COVID recovery effort
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a loan of $750 million to South Africa linked to COVID-19, aiming to help protect the poor and support economic recovery from the pandemic, the Nation...
Jan 20, 2022
China’s transport ministry summons cargo service firms over operational issues
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's transport ministry on Friday summoned four cargo service platforms including Didi Freight, the cargo division of Didi Chuxing, and Huolala over "operational irregularities...
Jan 20, 2022
China Evergrande prepares offshore bondholder identification list – letter
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group has asked offshore bondholders to disclose holdings to prepare a bondholder identification list, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The cash-strapped f...
Jan 20, 2022
Intel plans new chip manufacturing site in Ohio – report
(Reuters) - Intel Corp is committing $20 billion to build a manufacturing mega-site in New Albany, on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, Time reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengalu...
Jan 20, 2022
Sony looking to add new partners to its EV project-executive
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Group will likely add new technology partners to its electric vehicle (EV) project to help it forge a mobility business to transform cars from transportation machin...
Jan 20, 2022
Japan and U.S. to start new ‘2 plus 2’ dialogue for economic issues -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan will initiate a new "2 plus 2" dialogue that will cover economic and diplomatic issues, Kyodo reported, citing a Japan government official. The agreement ...
Jan 20, 2022
Twitter debuts hexagon-shaped NFT profile pictures
PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday announced the launch of a tool through which users can showcase non-fungible tokens (NFTs)as their profile pictures, tapping into a digital collectibles c...
Jan 20, 2022
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