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Chinese firms sell record amount of currency options in first half of 2025
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese companies sold a record amount of currency options in the first half of this year as domestic businesses, particularly exporters, bet on a steady yuan and used derivatives ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
European shares tick higher with tariffs, BoE meeting in focus
(Reuters) -European shares ticked higher on Thursday, with corporate earnings in full swing, while higher U.S. tariff rates on dozens of partners kicked in ahead of the Bank of England's monetary poli...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
Long bets on Asian currencies fade, rupee short bets at 5-month high: Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) -Long positions on most Asian currencies dwindled over the past fortnight as market participants took a cautious view of the U.S. dollar, while sentiment towards the Indian...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
The American musician sending microphones from Russia to the world
TULA, Russia (Reuters) -From a small factory in Tula, a city south of Moscow, American musician David Arthur Brown exports Russian-made Soyuz microphones to Europe, the United States, China and beyond...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
Mining giants squeeze dividends with an eye toward funding growth
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -So far this earnings season, large miners are paying out their lowest dividends in years, as mineral prices slip and they need to retain cash for their massive d...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
SoftBank Group posts $2.87 billion net profit in Q1
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group logged a net profit of 421.8 billion yen ($2.87 billion) over the April-June quarter. The result compares with a net loss of 174.3 billion ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
France battles biggest wildfire since 1949
SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -Firefighters battled for a third day on Thursday to contain France's biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16,000 hectares, k...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
Sceptical investors call time on China's anti-price war rally
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Fund manager Yang Tingwu was quick to harvest his gains after a furious July rally in Chinese steel and cement stocks, spurred by Beijing's campaign against price wars an...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
Chinese bank lending likely plunged in July as seasonal factors outweigh policy support
(Corrects day in the first paragraph) By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -New bank loan issuance in China likely plunged in July from June, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, weighed down by weak credit dem...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025
Apple shares rise as US investment pledge eases tariff concerns
(Reuters) -Iphone maker Apple shares rose 1.6% in early Frankfurt trade after the company committed an additional $100 billion in U.S. investments, easing concerns over the impact of Washington's tari...
Thomson Reuters Aug 07, 2025

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