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Oil rises as fuel demand holds up despite surge in Omicron cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday to extend several consecutive days of gains, buoyed by data showing U.S. fuel demand holding up well despite soaring Omicron coronavirus infections. B...
Dec 29, 2021
Singapore GDP growth to moderate in Q4 on Omicron woes: Reuters poll
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economic growth is expected to have moderated in the fourth quarter, partly hurt by uncertainty caused by the Omicron COVID-19 variant and analysts say th...
Dec 29, 2021
China Evergrande shares fall after report of missed coupon payments
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of China Evergrande Group tumbled in opening trades in Asia after a report that it did not pay offshore coupons due on Tuesday. Evergrande, whose $19 billion in internatio...
Dec 29, 2021
Dollar, yen soft in thin trading after U.S. equities hit record highs
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar and yen were at the low end of their recent ranges in thin holiday trading on Thursday, having fallen overnight as investors favoured riskier currencies a...
Dec 29, 2021
SenseTime shares jump 23% in Hong Kong debut
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu (Reuters) -SenseTime Group shares jumped as much as 23% from their initial public offering (IPO) price as they debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday. The Chi...
Dec 29, 2021
Asia stocks listless as tough year ticks down
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets got off to a listless start on Thursday as the spread of Omicron clouded what is the last trading day of the year for many exchanges around the glo...
Dec 29, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. NIH research hospital delays elective surgeries as Omicron wave hits
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant is forcing the U.S. National Institutes of Health to postpone elective surgeries at the largest ...
Dec 29, 2021
Biden asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear ‘Remain in Mexico’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court whether it needed to continue to implement a Trump-era policy that forced tens of thousands of migrants to wai...
Dec 29, 2021
SK Hynix completes first phase of $9 billion Intel NAND business buy
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's SK Hynix Inc said it had completed the first phase of its acquisition of Intel Corp's NAND flash memory chip business, after it received regulatory nods from eight count...
Dec 29, 2021
S.Korea Nov factory output jumps, beats expectations
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory output in November far outperformed expectations on strong exports orders for cars and chips, government data showed on Thursday. Industrial production last mon...
Dec 29, 2021
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