By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – Global investors are short-selling Japanese bonds and driving its other market yields higher, reviving bets that the Bank of Japan will need to tweak its ultra-[...]
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December 8, 2022
Japan upgrades Q3 GDP as global recession, COVID risks linger
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy, the world’s third-largest, shrank less than initially estimated in the third quarter, bolstering a view tha[...]
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Twitter to change Blue pricing after Apple spat- The Information
(Reuters) – Twitter plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $7 if users pay for it through the website, and $11 if they do so through its app for iPhones, the Inf[...]
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U.S. floats new steel, aluminum tariffs based on carbon emissions
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials are proposing to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum based on how much carbon the producing country’s industries emit, in a bid to figh[...]
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European energy firms dominate landmark California offshore wind auction
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The U.S. government’s first-ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California drew $757.1 million in high bids, mainly from European companies[...]
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Siemens, others call for only zero-emission freight trucks to be sold in EU by 2035
By Nick Carey (Reuters) – More than 40 manufacturers, shippers and industry groups including Siemens, Maersk and Unilever called on the EU on Thursday to mandate that all freight trucks be zero-[...]
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is said to face market manipulation inquiry by U.S. prosecutors – NYT
(Reuters) – U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether FTX’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated the market for two cryptocurrencies this May that led to their collapse and resul[...]
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Microsoft to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo, Sony on the spot
TOKYO (Reuters) – Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring the gaming title “Call of Duty” to Nintendo platforms, the chief executive officer of Microsoft Gaming, Phi[...]
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Celsius bankruptcy judge orders return of some crypto assets to customers
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ruled that some customers of crypto lender Celsius Network should receive their deposits back, giving relief to a relatively s[...]
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