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Asian shares fall, U.S. treasury yields hold firm after U.S. inflation data
By Stella Qiu and Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian share markets fell on Friday, after red-hot U.S. inflation data and hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official fuelled bets on U.S. intere...
Feb 10, 2022
Oil prices slip on hot U.S. inflation concerns
By Emily Chow BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices eased early on Friday as hot U.S. inflation fanned worries about aggressive interest rate hikes and as investors await the outcome of U.S.-Iran talks that ...
Feb 10, 2022
Asia’s slow aviation recovery to cast shadow over Singapore Airshow
By Chen Lin and Jamie Freed SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Asia-Pacific aviation industry's slow recovery from the pandemic amid government restrictions will cast a shadow over the Singapore Airshow next w...
Feb 10, 2022
India’s textile industry revs up, giving hope on jobs for PM Modi
By Krishna N. Das HINDUPUR, India (Reuters) - At Texport Industries' factories in India's south, thousands of mostly women workers are busy converting yarn and fabrics into T-shirts, shirts, spaghetti...
Feb 10, 2022
In a first, former prisoner takes seat in New York State Assembly
By Dan Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - As far as Eddie Gibbs knows, he is the first person elected to the New York State Legislature who previously served time in prison, but shortly before his inaugu...
Feb 10, 2022
Rate hike bets keep U.S. dollar bid
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was firm in Asia on Friday after hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation and hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official unleashed a wave of bets on ...
Feb 10, 2022
S.Korea says central bank may buy more govt bonds to calm bond markets
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank and finance ministry said on Friday they agreed the Bank of Korea will need to buy more government bonds if needed to stabilise the local bond market. The ...
Feb 10, 2022
Biden sees mask requirements for children easing, but cautious on dropping all mandates
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said mask requirements for children would likely to start to fall away given federal plans to begin vaccinating children un...
Feb 10, 2022
Unnamed woman accuses U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault in lawsuit
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unidentified woman has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses American rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault and battery after she attended one of his concerts in...
Feb 10, 2022
Fed’s Barkin: ‘I’d have to be convinced’ of need for half-point rate hike
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin on Thursday said he would be "conceptually" open to raising interest rates by a bigger-than-usual half-of-a-percentage point...
Feb 10, 2022
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