By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Anyone hoping for a quiet end to the trading week in Asia will be disappointed, as investors brace for a batch of top-tier economic data on Friday that includes Japanese inflation and the main event – Chinese GDP. Other Chinese indicators …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Property investment in China fell 10.1% in the first nine months of 2024 from a year earlier, after dropping 10.2% in January-August, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed on Friday. Property sales by floor area in January-September fell 17.1% from a year earlier, compared with a 18.0% slump in January-August. New …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is strengthening enforcement with nations such as the United States to combat smuggling and other serious crimes, state media reported on Friday, citing the country’s National Immigration Administration. Smugglers and cross-border criminal groups at home and abroad have recently been “deceiving some people to participate in smuggling activities”, the administration …
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By John Biju (Reuters) – Australian corporate travel manager Flight Centre Travel Group reported a marginal rise in its first-quarter underlying profit on Friday, sending its shares to a more than 10-month low. Shares of the company fell as much as 17.4% to A$17.85, as of 0011 GMT, to hit their lowest level since late …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Thursday its forces had no role in the Israeli operation that killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, even if U.S. intelligence has contributed to Israel’s understanding of Hamas leaders who took hostages last year. “This was an Israeli operation. There (were) no U.S. forces directly involved,” said Air Force …
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By Daniel Leussink HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Having survived the atomic bomb that flattened his hometown of Hiroshima when he was nine months old, Kunihiko Sakuma has never forgotten the stain it left on him in the eyes of some of his fellow Japanese. Growing up, he constantly heard rumours that survivors carried diseases and …
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By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) -Archer-Daniels-Midland Co intentionally failed to test and maintain safety systems on its grain equipment for years, which contributed to an explosion that immolated a worker and put him in a coma last year, according to a lawsuit filed against the company. The explosion was part of a string of safety …
(Reuters) -New York Community Bancorp unit Flagstar Bank will lay off around 1,900 employees, the U.S. regional lender said on Thursday, amid efforts to turn around its struggling business. Flagstar announced around 700 job reductions and said an additional 1,200 jobs will be cut after it completes the sale of its mortgage servicing unit to …
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard’s endowment fund, the world’s largest university endowment, grew to $53.2 billion in fiscal 2024 amid strong investment returns even though endowment gifts shrank by a third as donors protested how the school handled antisemitism on campus. Harvard Management Co said on Thursday that it earned a 9.6% return …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of the village of Maksymilianivka, less than 10 km (6 miles) from the key city of Kurakhove in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report. The Kurakhove sector, west of the Russian-held regional centre of …
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