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Analysis-Blowout South Korea stock rally on a knife-edge over tax plans
By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE (Reuters) -South Korea's tax policies have thrown the outlook for Asia's best-performing major stock market into doubt, with investors assessing the impact of higher ...
Aug 06, 2025
AMD, Super Micro shares slide as AI bets falter on data center results miss
By Rashika Singh (Reuters) -Shares of chip company Advanced Micro Devices and server maker Super Micro Computer tumbled in premarket trading on Wednesday after the companies posted underwhelming resul...
Aug 06, 2025
Snap sinks as ad glitch, fierce competition stall growth
(Reuters) -Snap shares plummeted nearly 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday as a weak quarter and mounting competition underscored the company's struggle to keep pace with AI-driven peers. Advertise...
Aug 06, 2025
Exclusive-US lawmaker questions Intel CEO's ties to China in letter to company board chair
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton sent a letter to Intel's board chair on Wednesday with questions about the chipmaker's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's ties to Chines...
Aug 06, 2025
Nearly 60% of German firms expect EU-US deal to burden them more, finds DIHK
BERLIN (Reuters) -Nearly 60% of German companies expect the European Union's trade deal with the United States to create more burdens for them through higher tariffs and more bureaucracy, a survey sai...
Aug 06, 2025
UK construction activity falls by most in five years, survey shows
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Activity in Britain's construction sector fell by the most in more than five years last month, according to a survey that raises questions about whether the governm...
Aug 06, 2025
Shanghai stocks close at highest since late 2021 on hopes for Sino-US trade deal
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The Shanghai benchmark advanced to its highest close in more than 3-1/2 years on Wednesday, underpinned by market hopes for an extended trade truce between the United Sta...
Aug 06, 2025
Italy industry output unexpectedly rises 0.2% m/m in June
ROME (Reuters) -Italian industrial output rose unexpectedly in June by 0.2% from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, a tentative sign of recovery for the long-struggling manufacturing sector f...
Aug 06, 2025
Global insured catastrophe losses hit $80 billion in first half of 2025, report shows
By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Global insured losses from natural catastrophes reached $80 billion in the first half of 2025, preliminary estimates from Swiss Re Institute showed on Wednesday, driven by wi...
Aug 06, 2025
Japan ruling party heavyweight warns against BOJ rate hike
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must be cautious about raising interest rates given the expected hit from U.S. tariffs on the fragile economy, ruling party he...
Aug 06, 2025
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