Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chinese mutual fund industry sees jump in new funds and inflows
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's mutual fund industry saw another massive jump in new products and subscriptions in June, suggesting the swift rally in mainland stocks has room to run further. Some 73 new...
Jul 15, 2020
Azeri police arrest demonstrators who broke into the parliament
BAKU (Reuters) - Baton-wielding riot police arrested dozens of people who broke into Azerbaijan's parliament on Wednesday after marching through the capital Baku to show solidarity with the army follo...
Jul 15, 2020
Handelsbanken, SEB top forecasts as Nordic banks weather pandemic
By Colm Fulton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Quarterly profits at Handelsbanken and SEB fell less than expected as the Swedish banks coped with the economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, although SEB saw a ...
Jul 15, 2020
Russia reports more than 6,400 new coronavirus cases
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 6,422 new coronavirus cases, pushing its confirmed national tally to 746,369, the fourth highest in the world. Officials said 156 people had died of the...
Jul 15, 2020
European shares climb on vaccine hopes, mixed earnings
(Reuters) - European shares rebounded on Wednesday from losses in the previous session, bolstered by positive updates on a potential COVID-19 vaccine, while investors weighed a mixed bag of quarterly ...
Jul 15, 2020
Toppled slave trader’s statue replaced by Black protester in England
LONDON (Reuters) - A sculpture of a Black protester with her fist raised in the air has been erected in place of a 17th Century English slave trader whose statue was toppled by anti-racism demonstrato...
Jul 15, 2020
SMIC’s Shanghai listing tests if money alone can bring chip dominance to China
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest chipmaker SMIC is set to follow its staggering $6.6 billion share sale with its Shanghai market debut on Thursday, just as Sino-U.S. tension widens...
Jul 15, 2020
The mobilising power of the BTS ARMY
(Reuters) - BTS, the South Korean supergroup, is known for churning out hits and energising a growing global fan base. Early in June, those fans - collectively called ARMY - put their energy behind an...
Jul 15, 2020
Tokyo Olympics at risk if coronavirus mutates, gets stronger: Japan adviser
By Linda Sieg and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese gove...
Jul 15, 2020
Golf: Asian Tour cancels Taiwan Masters due to COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Asian Tour said on Wednesday September's Taiwan Masters has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The decision to cancel Taiwan Masters was based on health and saf...
Jul 15, 2020
