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A trader looks at the screens at Bahrain Bourse in Manama, Bahrain, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Feb 1 (Reuters) – Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Tuesday, with bourses in the United Arab Emirates falling after the country […]
An AstraZeneca sign is seen at the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Chinese authorities summoned officials of AstraZeneca China regarding an investigation of suspected medical insurance fraud by the company’s employees, the […]
The ByteDance logo is seen in this illustration taken, Nov. 27, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) – ByteDance, the owner of short video app TikTok, announced on Wednesday that it was overhauling its strategic investment team after its business analysis earlier this month highlighted investments with “low synergies”. ByteDance will disband its group-level […]
China stocks rose on Monday after the country’s economy grew faster than expected in the final quarter of 2021 but the growth was still at its weakest pace in one-and-half years, prompting the central bank to unexpectedly cut loan rates. The CSI300 index rose 0.9% to 4,767.59 points at the end of the morning session, […]
Telecom firms in ‘crisis management mode’, says minister Economic crash has hammered currency, crippled power grid Diesel generators now needed to keep mobiles running Political deadlock means state-run firms can’t hike prices BEIRUT, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s telecom duopoly, once cash cows for the state, used to allocate most of their spending on wages, […]
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in a counting machine while a clerk counts them at a branch of a commercial bank in Beijing, China, March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Dec new loans seen at 1.25 trln yuan vs 1.27 trln yuan in Nov Dec money […]