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Singapore home prices rise despite cooling measures
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's private home prices rose 3.1% in the first half of the year, official data showed on Friday, bucking a downward trend in global property markets and resis...
Jul 28, 2023
Euro zone firms see stagnating activity ahead: ECB survey
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Big euro zone firms are recording stagnating activity levels and see no improvement in the current quarter with risks tilted towards even more negative outcomes, the European Cen...
Jul 28, 2023
ECB survey points to stickier underlying inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Core inflation in the euro zone will come down more slowly than previously thought as wage growth is seen picking up in a tight labour market, a European Central Bank survey show...
Jul 28, 2023
Greek wildfires die down after burning for nearly two weeks
ATHENS (Reuters) - Wildfires in Greece abated on Friday after burning for nearly two weeks but emergency services worked to prevent new flare-ups in the central part of the country, where people had f...
Jul 28, 2023
China Evergrande’s winding-up hearing adjourned to Oct. 30 – Hong Kong court
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The hearing for a winding-up petition against China Evergrande Group has been adjourned to Oct. 30 from July 31, a Hong Kong court diary showed. The adjournment was initiated by ...
Jul 28, 2023
French economy grows 0.5% in second quarter – INSEE
PARIS (Reuters) - The French economy managed to grow significantly more than expected in the second quarter, preliminary data from the INSEE statistics agency showed on Friday, as exports picked up. "...
Jul 28, 2023
Analysis-How the ghost of 1990s property crash returned to haunt Sweden
By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Long before Europe faced its debt crisis, Sweden struggled through its own 1990s property crash. Now the country is preparing to use an old playbook to contain ...
Jul 28, 2023
BOJ Governor Ueda’s comments at news conference
(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan made its yield curve control policy more flexible and loosened its defence of a long-term interest rate cap on Friday, in moves seen by investors as a prelude to an event...
Jul 28, 2023
Toshiba buyout pushed back to Aug due to delay in regulatory approval
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Friday a group led by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) is expected to launch a tender offer for the industrial conglomerate "sometime in August 2023", a delay fro...
Jul 28, 2023
Rhine river levels in Germany rise after rain, north too low
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Heavy rain has raised water levels on the river Rhine in Germany enabling normal shipping in some areas, but the river is still too shallow in northern areas for cargo vessels to s...
Jul 28, 2023
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