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China warns against using metaverse as a tool for illegal fund-raising
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking and insurance regulator issued a warning on Friday against using the metaverse as a tool for illegal fund-raising, amid widespread speculation in the private sector...
Feb 18, 2022
UK retail sales recover more than expected from Omicron knock
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales grew faster than expected in January, recovering about half the losses suffered when a wave of coronavirus cases caused many shoppers to stay a...
Feb 18, 2022
Production caps limit Hermes sales growth in Q4
PARIS (Reuters) -French luxury group Hermes said sales grew by 11% in the fourth quarter of 2021, a touch below market expectations as self-imposed production caps meant the group could not keep up wi...
Feb 18, 2022
Explainer-After defending its yield target, what’s next for the BOJ?
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Prospects of tighter U.S. monetary policy continue to drive up yields for Japan's super-long government bonds, putting to test the central bank's resolve to defend it...
Feb 18, 2022
Column-Tip-toeing back to bonds already: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation is raging, interest rates are rising and bonds look like treacherous investment waters - all of which make arguments for a dip back into the fixed income vor...
Feb 18, 2022
China to boost commodity price supervision, industrial growth
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's powerful state planner will take steps to ensure supply and stabilise prices of key raw materials, including iron ore and fertilizer, it said on Friday, as it looks to prom...
Feb 18, 2022
Chief executive of Japan’s Sharp to step down, become chairman in April
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp's chief executive, Tai Jeng-wu, will step down on April 1 to become chairman, the Japanese electronics maker said on Friday, after a turnaround that saw Taiwan's Hon Hai P...
Feb 18, 2022
China state planner issues new measures to promote recovery in services sector
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner on Friday issued rules to promote a faster recovery in the services sector, such as providing tax incentatives to the catering, retail, tourism and aviation i...
Feb 18, 2022
S.Africa’s Discovery forecasts jump in half-yearly profit
(Reuters) - South African insurer Discovery forecast on Friday a higher half-yearly profit, supported by new clients at its health insurance business and adequate provisions to cushion the impact of c...
Feb 18, 2022
Japan’s inflation may exceed 1% but stay below BOJ goal, says central bank official
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer inflation may exceed 1% but will remain distant from the central bank's 2% target, a senior Bank of Japan official said on Friday. "Japan's economy has yet to fully ...
Feb 18, 2022
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