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China’s April Saudi oil imports soar 38% on yr, Russian oil up 4%
By Chen Aizhu (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports from top supplier Saudi Arabia soared 38% in April from a year earlier, hitting the highest monthly volume since May 2020, according to Reuters' cal...
May 20, 2022
Zurich Insurance to exit Russian market, sell business to local team
ZURICH (Reuters) -Zurich Insurance has agreed to sell its Russian business to members of the local team, it said on Friday, as the Swiss insurer became the latest company to announce its exit from the...
May 20, 2022
Shanghai economy hit on all sides in April by COVID lockdown
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's commercial hub of Shanghai reported on Friday a broad decline in its economy last month when a city-wide COVID lockdown shut factories and kept residents at home, sparking c...
May 20, 2022
Woodside’s ‘crown jewel’ Scarborough gas lures buyers to fill Russia gap
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum has received strong interest from companies for a stake in the Scarborough natural gas project it is developing off Western Australia in the wak...
May 20, 2022
Exclusive-French baby formula maker Danone sharply ramps up U.S. shipments
By Richa Naidu and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aptamil maker Danone SA has stepped up shipments of infant formula from Europe to the United States, according to U.S. customs data and...
May 20, 2022
Computer chip giant ASML places big bets on a tiny future
By Toby Sterling VELDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant, has to think smaller. Or maybe bigger. It is building machines the size of double-decker buse...
May 20, 2022
Crown Resorts shareholders approve Blackstone’s $6.3 billion buyout offer
(Reuters) -Shareholders of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd approved a $6.3 billion buyout by U.S. private equity giant Blackstone Inc on Friday, with 99.91% of the votes cast at its schem...
May 19, 2022
‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
By Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fert...
May 19, 2022
Ed Sheeran “over the moon” at birth of second daughter
(Reuters) - Famed British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, have welcomed the birth of their second daughter. The award-winning singer posted https://bit.ly/3MEkwCE a phot...
May 19, 2022
Bank Indonesia to pull rates lever in Q3, June move possible: Reuters Poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) - Bank Indonesia will wait a few more months to raise rates from a record low despite rising inflation and aggressive moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve, accordi...
May 19, 2022
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