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Locked in hotels: Hong Kong’s COVID-19 rules take mental toll on Cathay pilots
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - One of Asia's largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, is facing a revolt from pilots who say Hong Kong's tough quarantine rules under its zero-COVID policies are endangering their...
Nov 25, 2021
Yen rallies, rand sinks as new COVID variant spurs flight to safety
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven yen rallied and the South African rand tumbled on Friday as investors turned cautious after Britain raised the alarm over a newly identified coronavi...
Nov 25, 2021
Oil skids on concerns of rising surplus in Q1
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slid more than 1% on Friday on concerns that a global supply surplus could swell in the first quarter following a coordinated release of crude reserves...
Nov 25, 2021
“Berserk” New Zealand house price rises to calm next year, fall in 2023 – Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - House price inflation in New Zealand will ease substantially next year, followed by outright price falls in 2023, but affordability is set to worsen in one of the...
Nov 25, 2021
Tesla to invest $188 million to expand Shanghai factory capacity – Beijing Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla plans to invest up to 1.2 billion yuan ($187.91 million) to expand production capacity at its Shanghai factory in a project that will last from December to April next year, ...
Nov 25, 2021
Australian retail sales surge in Oct as economy revives
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian retail sales rebounded with a bang in October as the lifting of many stay-at-home restrictions unleashed a wave of pent-up shopping, further evidence the ec...
Nov 25, 2021
Stocks slip, havens rally as new COVID-19 variant spooks investors
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stocks fell and headed for their largest weekly drop in nearly two months on Friday, while safe haven assets such as bonds and the yen rallied as a new virus varian...
Nov 25, 2021
DBS says banking services back to normal after two-day outage
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's DBS Group said its online banking services had been fully restored after suffering disruptions for about two days in its biggest outage since 2010, prompting the cent...
Nov 25, 2021
Tokyo core consumer prices rise at fastest pace in more than a year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose at the fastest pace in over a year in November, data showed on Friday, as electricity and fuel costs surged due to higher global energy prices and ...
Nov 25, 2021
Australia’s banking regulator finalises climate change policy guidance
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's banking regulator on Friday released its final guidance for banks, insurers and pension funds to manage financial risks associated with climate change, stopping short of...
Nov 25, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
