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Top China brokerage CITIC posts 55% rise in 2021 profit on investment gains
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - CITIC Securities Co, China's biggest brokerage, reported on Monday a 55.01% rise in profit in 2021, led by strong gains in securities investments. Net profit for the 12 mo...
Mar 28, 2022
Carlsberg joins rival Heineken in quitting Russia, faces big hit
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Carlsberg will exit the Russian market and take a "substantial" non-cash impairment charge, the Danish brewer said on Monday, the latest Western company to exit amid mounting pre...
Mar 28, 2022
Spain to approve 16 billion euros in aid to offset soaring energy costs
By Beln Carreo and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) - Spain announced 16 billion euros ($17.5 billion) in direct aid and soft loans on Monday to help companies and households weather sky-high energy pri...
Mar 28, 2022
G7 rejects Putin’s demand for rouble payment for Russian gas – Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Energy ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations reject demands by President Vladimir Putin that "unfriendly" countries pay for Russian gas with roubles, Germany's Ro...
Mar 28, 2022
Israeli startup to test brain-activity gear on space mission to ISS
By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Brain.Space, a four-year-old startup that studies data on brain activity, is set to put its gear to test on astronauts in space next week during a SpaceX...
Mar 28, 2022
Thai economy may grow 3.0%-3.5% this year, interest rate to stay low – Finance Minister
By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy could grow 3.0%-3.5% this year, less than an earlier forecast due to soaring oil prices driven by the Russia-Ukraine...
Mar 28, 2022
Futures inch higher as oil eases, Tesla gains
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Monday as oil prices slid and investors remained hopeful about progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while Tesla shares jumped after the com...
Mar 28, 2022
Deal on rules forcing tech giants to police content possible in April, EU’s Vestager says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A deal between EU countries and EU lawmakers that would require tech giants to do more to police content on their platforms could be agreed next month, EU antitrus...
Mar 28, 2022
AAA: Local gas prices down slightly
PEORIA, Ill. — Local gas prices have dropped a bit. According to AAA, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Peoria/Pekin metro area was $4.48 Monday. A week ago, the average ...
Mar 28, 2022
HP to buy Poly in $3.3 billion deal
(Reuters) - HP Inc said on Monday it would acquire communications technology company Poly in an all-cash deal valued at $3.3 billion. (Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)
Mar 28, 2022
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