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NZ cenbank under no pressure to act as Delta outbreak not ‘game changer’ yet- RBNZ economist
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The fresh outbreak of the coronavirus in New Zealand is not a "game changer" yet and there is no pressure to act on monetary policy, a senior central bank offic...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
China says foreign trade may face more complicated situation next year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign trade may face a more complicated situation next year given base effects and receding positive factors associated with the global COVID-19 pandemic, Wang Wentao, th...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Portland protests see clashes between far-right, far-left groups
By DAVID RYDER PORTLAND, Or. (Reuters) - Protests by rival far-right and left-wing groups in Portland descended into violence on Sunday, as the opposing sides engaged in clashes and at least one man w...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
BlackRock Japan hires former BOJ member Masai to board
TOKYO (Reuters) - BlackRock Japan said on Monday it was hiring former Bank of Japan policymaker Takako Masai as an external board member, effective Tuesday. Masai served as the sole female member of t...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Oil prices rebound from 7-day losing streak as investors snap up bargains
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices reversed out of a seven-day losing stretch on Monday as investors punted on crude at bargain levels, though lingering fears over how a surge in globalCOVI...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Dollar near 9-month highs on COVID-19 worries; Aussie, kiwi wilt
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven dollar traded near its highest in more than nine months against major peers on Monday, while commodity currencies like the Aussie languished amid wor...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Australian trading system upgrade was not ready, report into outage finds
(Reuters) - An independent review of the Australian stock exchange outage last November found that the bourse operator's new trading system was not ready to go live, the country's corporate regulator ...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Japan’s private-sector activity hit by COVID-19 surge – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity growth slowed in August, while that of the services sector shrank at the fastest pace since May last year, highlighting the increasingly heavy toll a recent ...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Woolworths, Uber Eats join hands to meet same-hour delivery demand
(Reuters) - Woolworths Group, Australia's biggest supermarket chain, said on Monday it is teaming up with Uber Eats for same-hour grocery deliveries to meet the unprecedented demand centred around spe...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
Asia stocks fragile amid growth worries, dollar in demand
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets were trying to pick up the pieces on Monday following last week's thrashing as coronavirus concerns showed little sign of abating, while safe-haven...
Syndicated Content Aug 22, 2021
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