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Oil set to close higher in 2022, a turbulent year marked by tight supplies
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up on Friday and were on track to post a second straight annual gain, albeit a meagre one, in a year marked by tight supplies due to the Ukraine ...
Dec 29, 2022
China central bank makes biggest weekly short-term cash injection since 2019
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank stepped up liquidity support this week by making the biggest weekly cash injection through a short-term bond instrument since 2019 to help financial instituti...
Dec 29, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China
By Julie Steenhuysen and Nancy Lapid CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken fr...
Dec 29, 2022
Dollar eyes best year since 2015; Fed rate path, China reopening to set tone
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was on track for its best performance in seven years on Friday, having been buoyed by the Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary policy tightening and concer...
Dec 29, 2022
Bahamas regulator holds FTX assets pending delivery to customers, creditors
(Reuters) - The Securities Commission of the Bahamas said on Thursday that it is holding FTX assets worth $3.5 billion based on market pricing at the time of transfer on a temporary basis to deliver t...
Dec 29, 2022
South Korea Dec inflation steady at 5.0%, as expected
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's consumer prices in December rose 5.0% from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, matching market expectations and the pace seen in November. The consumer pric...
Dec 29, 2022
Lula to announce Petrobras, Banco do Brasil, Caixa CEOs on Friday -Haddad
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will announce the new chief executives of state-run oil company Petrobras, state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil and state lend...
Dec 29, 2022
Biden signs $1.66 trillion FY 2023 government funding bill
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.66 trillion bill funding the U.S. government for fiscal year 2023, the White House said in a statement. Biden signed the...
Dec 29, 2022
Republican lawmakers react to SAFE-T Act ruling, predicting ‘chaos’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Republican lawmakers in Illinois are somewhat pleased with a Kankakee County judge declaring the cashless bail provisions of the SAFE-T Act unconstitutional — just days...
Dec 29, 2022
EU gives guarded welcome to U.S. guidance on EV tax credits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission gave a guarded welcome on Thursday to guidance by the United States meaning that EU companies could partially benefit from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act...
Dec 29, 2022
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