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BOJ policymaker stresses need for easy policy despite rising inflation
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must maintain ultra-easy monetary policy, even as rising commodity costs are expected to ac...
Apr 06, 2022
Asian shares slip on hawkish Fed, dollar stands tall
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares retreated on Thursday in line with a global selloff, as markets were spooked by more aggressive noises from U.S. policymakers about the need for tighter...
Apr 06, 2022
Surging prices nudge Asia’s reluctant central bank hawks off the sidelines
By Leika Kihara and Wayne Cole (Reuters) - Some Asian central banks are shaking off their long-held reluctance to follow their global peers in lifting benchmark interest rates off historic lows, as th...
Apr 06, 2022
Shell, Mitsubishi wind power consortium to produce ‘green hydrogen’ -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Corp and Shell Plc aim to produce 400,000 tonnes of "green hydrogen" in 2030 through the companies' European offshore wind power project, the Yomiuri newspaper rep...
Apr 06, 2022
Biden administration holds electric vehicle industry meeting with Musk, Barra
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said senior officials held a meeting Wednesday with major automotive leaders including Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and General Motors Chief Executiv...
Apr 06, 2022
Oil gains $1 as emergency oil release seen as band-aid
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices clawed back some losses on Thursday after tumbling more than 5% to a three-week low in the previous session after consuming nations announced a huge rel...
Apr 06, 2022
China’s JD.com appoints president Lei Xu as CEO
(Reuters) -JD.com Inc said on Thursday Lei Xu, president of the Chinese e-commerce giant, has been appointed as the chief executive officer and will succeed Richard Liu, effective immediately. Xu will...
Apr 06, 2022
Dollar buoyant as Fed readies to step up inflation fight
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a two-year high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, after meeting minutes showed the Federal Reserve preparing to move aggressive...
Apr 06, 2022
U.S. road rage shootings soared during pandemic, gun control group says
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - One person was shot on the road in the United States every 17 hours in 2021, according to a new tally of road rage violence. In all, 131 people were killed and 391 wounded...
Apr 06, 2022
U.S. shale gas, LNG firms meet with European countries over supply crisis
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - At least a dozen U.S. shale gas executives met on Wednesday with European energy officials to discuss expanding U.S. fuel supplies to Europe amid a scramble to replace Russi...
Apr 06, 2022
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