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HSBC gets approval to buy out China life insurance joint venture
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC said on Thursday it had received regulatory approval in China to take full ownership of its life insurance joint venture in the country, as it continues to expand its non-core ...
Dec 30, 2021
China’s Dec factory activity likely flat – Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity likely neither grew nor shrunk in December, a Reuters poll showed, amid disruptions from COVID-19 outbreaks and as the economy lost momentum in the fourth ...
Dec 30, 2021
M&A will help Chinese property firms lower debt, PBOC official says
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions in the Chinese property market will help firms lower their debt, Zou Lan, head of financial markets at the People's Bank of China (PBOC), said on Thursday....
Dec 30, 2021
European shares firm as Omicron worries ebb
(Reuters) - European shares inched higher on Thursday on hopes that new coronavirus-related curbs and restrictions may not be needed into 2022 as the Omicron variant is seen milder, although surging n...
Dec 30, 2021
Australia’s Lynas gets regulator nod for disposal facility in Malaysia
(Reuters) - Lynas Rare Earths Ltd said on Thursday it has got environmental approvals from Malaysian authorities to build a permanent disposal facility for water leached purification residue in the co...
Dec 30, 2021
ECB 2023/24 inflation forecasts subject to downside not just upside risks -Visco
MILAN (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's forecasts that inflation in the euro zone will be below 2% in 2023 and 2024 are exposed to downside not just upside risks, ECB Governing Council member Ig...
Dec 30, 2021
Spain’s December flash CPI rises to 6.7% y/y, highest since 1989
(Reuters) - Spanish consumer prices rose to 6.7% year-on-year in December, the fastest pace since 1989, flash data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday. The 12-month inflati...
Dec 30, 2021
China Evergrande says construction resumes at 91.7% of projects
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group said on Thursday in its Wechat account that 91.7% of its national projects have resumed construction after three months of effort. Company Chairman Hui Ka ...
Dec 30, 2021
UK house prices cap strong year with another jump-Nationwide
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose by a stronger-than-expected 1.0% in December from November, capping the biggest full-year rise in prices since 2006, figures from mortgage lender Nationwid...
Dec 30, 2021
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu to lie in state at St.George’s Cathedral
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The body of South Africa's anti-apartheid theologian, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, arrived at Cape Town's St George's Cathedral on Thursday morning, where it will lie in state for tw...
Dec 30, 2021
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