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China’s new construction starts plunge as chill spreads across sector
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's September new construction starts slumped for a sixth straight month, the longest spate of monthly declines since 2015, as cash-strapped developers reined in investment and...
Oct 17, 2021
Hong Kong Exchange Fund posts Q3 investment loss of $1.70 billion -HKMA
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Exchange Fund, which is used to back the Hong Kong dollar, posted an investment loss of HK$13.2 billion ($1.70 billion) in the third quarter, the first loss after fiv...
Oct 17, 2021
Instantview: China Q3 GDP growth hits 1-year low, raising heat on policymakers
(Reuters) - China's economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the third quarter, hurt by power shortages, supply bottlenecks and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and raising heat on policymakers amid r...
Oct 17, 2021
Malaysia’s AirAsia X proposes paying 0.5% of $8.1 billion debt owed to creditors – document
By Liz Lee and Jamie Freed KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) is proposing to pay just 0.5% of debt owed to each of its creditors and to terminate all existing contracts so that it can restr...
Oct 17, 2021
China’s Sept industrial output rises 3.1% y/y, misses forecasts
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial output rose 3.1% in September from a year earlier, missing expectations, and slowing from 5.3% in August, official data showed on Monday. Analysts polled by Reut...
Oct 17, 2021
U.S. tells Supreme Court Guantanamo detainee can give limited testimony
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden informed the Supreme Court that a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure held at the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay,...
Oct 17, 2021
China property shares firm after PBOC says Evergrande woes manageable
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese property developers climbed on Monday after China's central bank calmed markets by saying spillover effects from Evergrande's debt woes were controllable and th...
Oct 17, 2021
One dead, seven injured in second shooting at Louisiana university in a week
(Reuters) - One person died and seven others were injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in Louisiana early on Sunday, the second such deadly incident on campus in less than a week, the s...
Oct 17, 2021
Goldman Sachs gets regulator nod for full ownership of China securities JV
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Sunday it received an approval from China's securities regulator to take full control of its mainland securities business. The U.S. bank said it will buy the remainde...
Oct 17, 2021
Oil prices climb to highest in years as COVID recovery, power generators stoke demand
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hit their highest in years on Monday as demand continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, boosted by more custom from power generators tu...
Oct 17, 2021
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