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Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time
TOKYO (Reuters) - Robots in Japan are found on factory floors carrying out simple tasks or delivering food to restaurant patrons but researchers have now unveiled a robot capable of executing the deli...
Apr 05, 2022
Australian banks gravitate to June for rate rise, ultimate peak unclear
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Most of Australia's major banks now expect a rise in interest rates as early as June, though opinions on the pace of tightening and the peak point still vary widely. T...
Apr 05, 2022
Gold prices flat as firmer dollar, yields dim safe-haven demand
By Asha Sistla (Reuters) - Gold prices were flat on Wednesday as hawkish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials bolstered the dollar and Treasury yields to multi-year highs, denting bullion's sa...
Apr 05, 2022
China’s cash-strapped Kaisa in strategic pact with state firms
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Kaisa Group entered into a strategic co-operation agreement with state-owned China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings and China Great Wall Asset Management o...
Apr 05, 2022
Australia’s Virtus Health considers revised bid from BGH in takeover battle with CapVest
By Riya Sharma and Sameer Manekar (Reuters) - Australian fertility services provider Virtus Health said on Wednesday it will consider a revised buyout offer from minority owner BGH Capital, weeks afte...
Apr 05, 2022
Reserve Bank of India to wait at least until August to raise repo rate – Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat and Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India will delay its first interest rate rise by at least four months to August at the earliest, according to a Reuters poll...
Apr 05, 2022
Dollar rises towards 2-year high after Fed policy maker’s comments
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar edged up to its highest level in nearly two years on Wednesday after jumping overnight on more hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official, while the...
Apr 05, 2022
China’s services sector activity squeezed by Omicron surge – Caixin PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - Activity in China's services sector contracted at the steepest pace in two years in March as the local surge in coronavirus cases restricted mobility and weighed on client demand, ...
Apr 05, 2022
Intel suspends business operations in Russia
(Reuters) -Intel Corp is suspending all business operations in Russia, effective immediately, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday, adding that it has implemented business continuity measures to minimiz...
Apr 05, 2022
Asian stocks skid, bond yields rise after hawkish Fed comments
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian share markets slipped on Wednesday as investors faced up to the possibility of aggressive monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve to fight inflation,...
Apr 05, 2022
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