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Oil edge lower as investors try to assess Omicron’s full impact
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday, reversing gains from earlier the week, as investors tried to assess the full impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on global...
Dec 07, 2021
BOJ has no need to modify ultra-easy policy, says deputy gov Amamiya
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Wednesday there was no need for the central bank to tweak its ultra-loose monetary policy with inflation "well below" its 2% t...
Dec 07, 2021
Chinese developer Sunac sells $530 million American depositary shares of KE Holdings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sunac China Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it had sold $530 million worth of American depositary shares (ADS) of Chinese housing transactions and services platform KE Holdings In...
Dec 07, 2021
Meta offers deferral program for employees unready to return to office
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday it will fully reopen its U.S. offices on Jan. 31 next year while giving its employees an opportunity to delay their scheduled return by three to five mon...
Dec 07, 2021
China Evergrande shares hold steady after it misses debt deadline
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China Evergrande Group held steady on Wednesday after it missed a payment deadline on some U.S. dollar bonds, putting it at risk of becoming China's biggest defaulter, but large f...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Senate back sale of missiles to Saudi Arabia
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution on Tuesday that would have prohibited the proposed sale of advanced medium range air-to-air missiles, missile launcher...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Commerce chief: Funding for semiconductor production could slip to 2022
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Tuesday said efforts in Congress to approve $52 billion to expand U.S. semiconductor manufacturing could slip into 2...
Dec 07, 2021
Cuba’s economic reforms allow small entrepreneurs to dream big
By Marc Frank and Mario Fuentes HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban entrepreneurs Henry and Yendri Garcia have long peddled home-made ice cream in their small town of Bauta outside the capital Havana, but now th...
Dec 07, 2021
S.Korea “webtoon” firms leverage low-cost stories with potential huge upside
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Netflix's most-watched series in late November, "Hellbound", is making a splash on TV, but it first appeared on much smaller screens as an online comic, or "webtoon", op...
Dec 07, 2021
Aussie buoyant, dollar listless as Omicron optimism lifts risk assets
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The Australian dollar hit its strongest level in a week on Wednesday amid a pick-up in risk appetite on signs Omicron may be less severe than other COVID-19 variant...
Dec 07, 2021
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