Category Archives: Syndicated
China to take over four insurers and two trust firms to rein in financial risks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking and insurance regulator said on Friday that it would take over four insurers and two trust firms for one year starting from July 17, as they breached rules and cond...
Jul 17, 2020
China’s securities regulator announces takeover of three brokerages
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's securities regulator on Friday seized control of two securities firms and one futures brokerage as part of efforts to crack down on corporate misbehaviour, officia...
Jul 17, 2020
Indonesian tycoon Salim wins close shareholder vote on controversial $3 bln deal
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Indonesian tycoon Anthoni Salim narrowly won shareholder backing on Friday for a $3 billion takeover transaction between companies he controls, overcoming criticism ...
Jul 17, 2020
Euro zone inflation confirmed at 0.3% year/year in June
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone consumer prices rose slightly in June, while core measures of inflation which exclude volatile components eased, the European Union statistics office Eurostat said on Fr...
Jul 17, 2020
Australian houses on the brink of collapse as wild seas batter the coast
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some beachfront homes on Australia's east coast have come closer to slipping into the sea after wild storms lashed the coastline, residents said on Friday. Residents of Wamberal, ab...
Jul 17, 2020
Japan puts central bank digital currencies on key policy roadmap
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will look closer into whether to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in future, the government said in its annual policy roadmap, a sign that Tokyo may be warming to ...
Jul 17, 2020
South Korea revokes licences of leaflet-sending anti-North groups
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea cancelled on Friday the licences of two anti-North Korea groups that send propaganda leaflets into the North infuriating its government and undermining So...
Jul 17, 2020
Indonesia adds 1,462 new coronavirus infections, 84 new deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday reported 1,462 new coronavirus infections, bringing total cases to 83,130, its Health Ministry said. The number of fatalities from COVID-19 rose by 84 on Friday...
Jul 17, 2020
ECB could tailor policy to fight climate change, Schnabel says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to take a role in fighting climate change and could tailor its monetary policy operations accordingly, board member Isabel Schnabel said on Friday...
Jul 17, 2020
Ukraine to stage exercises to coincide with Russian manoeuvres
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday it would conduct military exercises, which it hoped NATO partners would join, as an answer to planned Russian exercises in the Caucasus, and an insurance agains...
Jul 17, 2020
