SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia quick Josh Hazlewood bowled two spells at full pace at Adelaide Oval on Monday and thinks he will know in the next 24 hours if he will be available for the third test against India in Brisbane. Hazlewood missed the 10-wicket win over India in Adelaide on Sunday with the latest …
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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole If you are wondering how markets have reacted to the stunning fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the answer is calmly. Gold and oil prices are up around 0.4%, but that’s a modest move for such a rapid turn of …
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By Jeff Mason and Allende Miglietta WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and rock band the Grateful Dead were celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday. The Kennedy Center also honored Harlem’s famed Apollo theater, the first time an institution has received what is considered the …
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ABU DHABI (Reuters) – U.S. investment management firm Polen Capital said on Monday it has received preliminary approval for a license to operate from the ADGM, Abu Dhabi’s financial centre, as it looks to capitalise on growth opportunities in the region. Rising company registrations, the appeal of sovereign wealth funds, and the relative ease of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 40 schools received a bomb threat by email in Delhi on Monday demanding $30,000, ANI news agency said, while police officials conducted initial searches on school premises. Schools, railway stations and airports this year have been subject to hundreds of bomb threats, which have later turned out to be …
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By Nathan Layne (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday he will not try to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell upon taking office in January. “No, I don’t think so. I don’t see it,” Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” when asked if he …
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(Reuters) – A seismic event sparked a fire and halted operations at the Alardinskaya mine in southwestern Siberia, Russian officials and news agencies said on Monday. Russia’s ministry of emergency services said that 120 miners have been evacuated from the mine in Russia’s vast coal region, the Kuznetsk Basin known as Kuzbass, with two of …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia’s abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, adding Moscow never should have protected him in the first place and then lost interest because of a war in Ukraine that never should have started. “Assad is gone. He has fled his country. …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s bankruptcy filings this year are set to surpass 10,000 and hit the highest since 2013, private-sector data by Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) showed on Monday, ahead of a closely watched central bank meeting next week. In November, 841 Japanese companies went bankrupt, bringing the January-November tally to 9,164, already exceeding last …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Citigroup has appointed Harish Raman as the head of its equity capital markets (ECM) execution, origination and solutions business for Asia North, Asia South and Australia, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday. Raman will also retain his current title as the head of equity capital markets syndicate for Asia, …
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