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US fentanyl-related deaths more than tripled over 5 years
By Nandhini Srinivasan and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) - The rate of drug overdose deaths involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl more than tripled in the United States from 2016 through 2021, according to...
May 02, 2023
Albermarle agrees $1 billion plan to double Australian lithium hydroxide output, state govt says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Albemarle has agreed to double capacity at its lithium hydroxide processing operations in Western Australia to 100,000 tonnes by 2026 and spend more than $1 billion to build two ...
May 02, 2023
S&P cuts First Republic’s credit rating, says default a ‘virtual certainty’
(Reuters) - S&P Global on Tuesday slashed First Republic Bank's credit rating deeper into junk territory after California banking regulators seized the U.S. lender and sold its assets. S&P cut its rat...
May 02, 2023
US to continue humanitarian program after Title 42 end date – joint statement
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States will continue to accept migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under a humanitarian program after May 11, when the COVID-19 health policy known a...
May 02, 2023
Australia March retail sales post slowest annual growth in 14 months
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retail sales grew at their slowest annual pace in 14 months in March in a warning sign for consumption that will only get worse following a surprise hike in interest rate...
May 02, 2023
Colombia’s central bank raises 2023 inflation forecast to 9.5%
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank on Tuesday raised its outlook for 2023 inflation to 9.5% from 8.7%, reflecting persistent consumer price growth that has prompted the bank's board to raise i...
May 02, 2023
Musk threatens to reassign NPR Twitter account, NPR says
(Reuters) - Twitter chief Elon Musk has "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's Twitter account to another company, the U.S.-based broadcaster said on Tuesday. Musk suggested that he would re...
May 02, 2023
Dollar in defensive mood after jobs data; Fed in focus
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was subdued on Wednesday, weighed by bearish U.S. labour market data as investors fretted over the U.S. debt ceiling and banking sector risks, while ...
May 02, 2023
Stocks slide into Fed mode, shorts stalk banks
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell for a second session in a row on Wednesday, as global investors contended with signs of a softening U.S. economy, and were in full flight from ...
May 02, 2023
Singapore’s Keppel to drop conglomerate structure, targets $150 billion AUM by 2030
(Reuters) -Singapore's Keppel Corp on Wednesday announced a major corporate restructuring, doing away with its conglomerate form and divide itself into three distinct units, in a bid to simplify and f...
May 02, 2023
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