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UK, Australia sign deal forecast to create 10 billion pounds in extra trade

Britain and Australia have signed a free trade deal projected to eventually boost bilateral trade by over 10 billion pounds…

4 years ago

Oil prices head for weekly loss on Omicron coronavirus uncertainty

Oil prices dipped on Friday, putting the market on track for a narrow weekly loss, as surging cases of the…

4 years ago

MMG to halt Las Bambas copper production as talks to end blockade fail

MMG Ltd (1208.HK) said on Thursday it would shut production at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru from Dec. 18 after…

4 years ago

CBI cuts UK economic growth forecasts on supply chain hit

Britain's economy looks set to grow more slowly than previously thought this year and in 2023 due to global supply…

4 years ago

Analysis: Japan keen to speed up digital yen launch as China adds geopolitical twist

Japan's new political leadership is calling on the country's financial bureaucrats to ramp up efforts toward issuing a digital currency,…

4 years ago

Australia to raise possibility of more legislation on tech giants with new inquiry

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Wednesday announce a parliamentary inquiry into the behaviour of the world's largest technology…

4 years ago

Japan joins Israel in barring foreigners as Omicron worries spread

Japan said on Monday it would close its borders to foreigners, as the world's third-largest economy joined Israel in taking…

4 years ago

Analysis: In Japan, a weaker yen may not be the blessing it once was

A weak yen, once seen as favourable for Japan's exports-focused economy, has now become a pain point as it eats…

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

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…

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