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Japan Oct retail sales boosted by fuel-price spike, broad trend still soft

Japan's retail sales rose for the first time in three months in October, though less than expected, and the underlying…

4 years ago

Tesla to invest $188 mln to expand Shanghai factory capacity -Beijing Daily

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) plans to invest up to 1.2 billion yuan ($187.91 million) to expand production capacity at its Shanghai…

4 years ago

Japan PM Kishida urges companies to raise wages by 3% or more

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday urged companies whose earnings have recovered to pre-pandemic levels to raise wages by…

4 years ago

Locked in hotels: Hong Kong’s COVID-19 rules take mental toll on Cathay pilots

One of Asia's largest airlines, Cathay Pacific, is facing a revolt from pilots who say Hong Kong's tough quarantine rules…

4 years ago

Apple warns Thai activists “state-sponsored attackers” may have targeted iPhones

Apple Inc issued alert messages on Wednesday to at least six activists and researchers who have been critical of Thailand's…

4 years ago

Robotics maker AutoStore doubles revenue, warns of margin impact

AutoStore (AUTO.OL) faces tight supply of certain components that will impact earnings margins in the short term, the Norwegian robotics…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE U.S. investigators question Goodyear Malaysia workers over labour practices

U.S. government investigators have interviewed workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co's (GT.O) Malaysian factory about their working conditions, employees told Reuters,…

4 years ago

KKR makes $12 billion approach to take Telecom Italia private

Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) has received a 10.8 billion euro ($12 billion) approach from U.S. fund KKR (KKR.N) aimed at taking Italy's biggest phone…

4 years ago

Analysis: Pandemic debt adds to challenge of funding world’s climate goals

Huge spending by governments kept the world economy afloat during the pandemic as officials mobilized a fiscal response not seen…

4 years ago

COVID-19’s epicentre again: Europe faces fresh reckoning

Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns in the run-up to Christmas…

4 years ago