Category Archives:
Exxon tells Texas refinery workers lockout will end if contract approved or union removed
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Sunday told workers at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery their six-month lockout will end if they ratify the company's contract offer or remove the Un...
Oct 17, 2021
Electric vehicle battery startup ONE backed by BMW, Gates-led firm
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Michigan-based Our Next Energy, which is developing an advanced battery for electric vehicles, has raised $25 million from investors ranging from German automaker BMW to a ...
Oct 17, 2021
Bitcoin hovers near 6-month high on ETF hopes, inflation worries
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin hovered near a six-month high early on Monday on hopes that U.S. regulators would soon allow cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETF) to trade, while global inflation worri...
Oct 17, 2021
Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe
By Adi Kurniawan and Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the games from the...
Oct 17, 2021
Sydney Airport maintains intention to recommend sweetened $17.5 billion buyout offer
(Reuters) - Sydney Airport Holding Pty Ltd maintained intention to recommend securityholders to vote in favour of an A$23.6 billion ($17.50 billion) takeover offer from an infrastructure investor grou...
Oct 17, 2021
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
Peoria, IL, USA
73 °F Sunny
