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Exclusive-China’s regulators check risks to futures brokers from nickel positions
Date: March 10, 2022
By Samuel Shen and Xie Yu HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s securities regulators are gathering information from futures brokerages about their clients’ short positions in nickel to prevent spillover risks from rocketing prices this week, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The London Metal Exchange intervened on Tuesday to calm the...
Analysis-An oil shock is coming, but the U.S. may have already paid for it
Date: March 10, 2022
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The gusher of money the U.S. government poured into family bank accounts during the coronavirus pandemic, credited with speeding the rebound from the health crisis, may now help limit the economic damage from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As analysts have begun parsing what sky-high oil prices and new uncertainty...
Nuclear war? Russia’s Lavrov says: I don’t believe so
Date: March 10, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he did not believe the conflict in Ukraine would spiral into a nuclear war but cautioned the United States and Europe that Moscow never again wanted to be dependent on the West. Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis since the 1991...
Crypto industry on defensive as Ukraine crisis spotlights Russia sanctions compliance
Date: March 10, 2022
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency evangelists are on the defensive amid warnings from U.S. and European lawmakers that digital asset companies are not up to the task of complying with Western sanctions imposed on Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The criticism has seen the crypto industry scrambling to regain control of the...
Chinese regulator says internet clean up campaign sees positive results
Date: March 10, 2022
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s cyberspace regulator said on Thursday its campaign to “clean up” the country’s cyberspace had achieved positive results, and that “online chaos” on the country’s internet platforms had been effectively curbed. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement that it had made those comments during a meeting it held with...
No progress on Ukraine ceasefire in Lavrov talks – Kuleba
Date: March 10, 2022
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said no progress was made on achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine in talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday, the first high-level talks between them since Moscow invaded its neighbour. Kuleba told reporters after their meeting in Turkey...