(Reuters) – Foreign investors increased their purchases of Japanese stocks last week as easing concerns over the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) potential policy shift buoyed market sentiment. Accor[...]
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February 16, 2024
Google to launch anti-misinformation campaign ahead of EU elections
(This Feb. 15 story has been corrected to change the launch date from ‘March’ to ‘spring’ in paragraph 5) By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) – Google is preparing to laun[...]
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China to show off homegrown airliner at Singapore air show amid supply crunch
By Lisa Barrington and Tim Hepher SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will play host to Asia’s biggest air show next week for the first time since the end of COVID border restrictions, with re[...]
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Marketmind: A tale of two Japans
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Japan’s benchmark Nikkei was partying like it was very nearly 1989 to trade within a whisker of a record high by the early Asi[...]
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Australian wine makers bet on expected China reopening with big shipments to Hong Kong
By Peter Hobson and Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian wine makers have shipped millions of bottles of wine to Hong Kong in a bet that China will soon lift tariffs on Australian wine[...]
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GM’s Cruise hardware chief resigns in latest exit after operations suspended
By Greg Bensinger and Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco (Reuters) -The head of hardware at General Motors’ Cruise self-driving unit, Carl Jenkins, said on Thursday he had resigned from the company, the[...]
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Lufthansa’s Discover unit faces renewed pilots strike
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German pilots’ union VC has called on its members to strike for three days at Lufthansa’s leisure airline Discover, the fourth walkout in two months in a disput[...]
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UK’s Costa Coffee to give workers 9% pay rise
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Costa Coffee said on Thursday it would give over 15,000 hourly-paid workers an average 9% pay increase from April 1, a move that reflects the rise in the government m[...]
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No lunch in Ginza: Japan’s scaled-back spending helps push economy to recession
By Chris Gallagher and Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) -To grasp the dynamics that bumped Japan into recession and off its perch as the world’s third largest economy on Thursday, look no further t[...]
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