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Asian shares skid as COVID surge in China unsettles investors
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian share markets fell along with oil prices on Thursday as soaring COVID cases in China unsettled investors who have been expecting the world's second bigges...
Dec 28, 2022
Philippine central bank sees Dec annual inflation at 7.8% to 8.6%
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine inflation was likely within the 7.8% to 8.6% range in December because of upward pressures from higher electricity rates and agricultural commodities prices, the central ...
Dec 28, 2022
Brazil’s BRF signs $111 million leniency deal after graft accusations
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian food processor BRF SA on Wednesday signed a leniency agreement with local authorities over payments it must make to the South American country's government following ac...
Dec 28, 2022
Vietnam 2022 GDP growth quickens to 8.02%, fastest since 1997
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's gross domestic product grew 8.02% in 2022, the fastest pace annually since 1997, backed by strong domestic retail sales and exports. The reading is higher than an official g...
Dec 28, 2022
Dollar steadies as optimism over China reopening turns to caution
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar steadied on Thursday after riding long-end U.S. Treasury yields higher overnight, as initial optimism over China's reopening fizzled. Following China's remo...
Dec 28, 2022
Oil prices ease, China COVID spike hurts demand outlook
By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) - Oil prices ticked down on Thursday as surging COVID-19 cases in China dimmed hopes of a recovery in fuel demand in the world's second-biggest oil consumer. The scale o...
Dec 28, 2022
Twitter down for thousands of users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Over 10,000 users reported issues with accessing the social media website i...
Dec 28, 2022
Novartis to pay $245 million over Exforge drug generics
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novartis AG said on Wednesday it will pay $245 million to resolve civil litigation accusing the Swiss drugmaker of trying to delay the launch in the United States of generic versi...
Dec 28, 2022
U.S. seeks 6 years in prison for college admissions fraud mastermind
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence the mastermind of the largest U.S. college admissions fraud scheme ever uncovered to six years in prison a...
Dec 28, 2022
Jamie Raskin, prominent Donald Trump foe in U.S. House, diagnosed with cancer
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jamie Raskin, a Democratic U.S. representative who rose to prominence as the lead manager for former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, has been...
Dec 28, 2022
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