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Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group CEO dies at 65
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) on Monday said group CEO Jun Ohta died on Nov. 25 aged 65 of pancreatic cancer. Japan's second-biggest lender after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Gro...
Nov 26, 2023
Australia appoints BoE’s Andrew Hauser as new RBA deputy governor
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Monday appointed the Bank of England's (BoE) Andrew Hauser as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), filling a position that had been vacant si...
Nov 26, 2023
Japan’s corporate service inflation climbs in sign of broadening price pressures
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's business-to-business service inflation accelerated in October as a tight job market lifted labour costs, underscoring a broadening of price pressures that coul...
Nov 26, 2023
China needs to unblock, sustain financial channels for private firms
BEIJING (Reuters) - Top Chinese government departments led by the central bank said on Monday that measures needed to be stepped up to strengthen financial support for private companies, including the...
Nov 26, 2023
Thailand’s employment growth weakest in 5 quarters in Q3 as economy slows
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's employment in the third quarter rose 1.3% from a year earlier, the state planning agency said on Monday, the slowest rate in five quarters amid a sluggish economy and we...
Nov 26, 2023
Biden to skip COP climate meeting in Dubai- official
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will not attend a gathering of world leaders focused on climate change in Dubai this week, a U.S. official said on Sunday. Reuters reported last month that Biden w...
Nov 26, 2023
Vietnam set to raise effective tax rate on multinationals as part of global deal
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's parliament is set to approve on Wednesday a top-up tax for multinationals, which will raise the effective rate of the corporate levy to 15% from January in line with a glob...
Nov 26, 2023
Greenpeace accuses China oil and gas firms of ‘greenwashing’ LNG purchases
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Big oil and gas companies in China and elsewhere are using low-quality carbon offsets to "greenwash" their imports of natural gas while failing to make strong em...
Nov 26, 2023
Olympics-Tahiti locals say plans for smaller surf judging tower still unacceptable
By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - Residents of the Tahitian village that will host the 2024 Olympic surfing event remain opposed to plans to build a new smaller judging tower on the reef, saying it will st...
Nov 26, 2023
China’s industrial profits extend gains as outlook improves
BEIJING (Reuters) -Profits at China's industrial firms extended gains for a third month in October, adding to signs of a stabilising economy following a run of mostly upbeat data suggesting Beijing's ...
Nov 26, 2023
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