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Smaller retailers set to struggle as inflation continues to rise

Delayed payments and insolvencies are predicted to rise in the consumer durables retail sector this...

27th May, 2022

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Hong Kong seeks to revive global banking status with major summit

By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s central bank plans to hold a major conference in...

27th May, 2022

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Dollar drifts up but set for biggest weekly drop in 4 months

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar edged higher on Friday but was on track for its b...

27th May, 2022

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Global equity funds see first weekly inflows in seven weeks

(Reuters) – Global equity funds saw money inflows in the week to May 25 as some investors took heart...

27th May, 2022

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Wary about economic growth, Hungary central bank seen slowing rate hikes- Reuters poll

By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) is likely to slow the pace...

27th May, 2022

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In home of world’s biggest nuclear plant, a vote may shape Japan’s atomic future

By Kantaro Komiya and Yoshifumi Takemoto KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) – Three days before a vote to...

27th May, 2022

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No work and nowhere to live: a rural migrant’s ordeal in locked-down Shanghai

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – When Shanghai began its draconian COVID-19 lockdown two m...

27th May, 2022

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Retailers lift European stocks but growth worries persist

By Susan Mathew (Reuters) -European markets rose on Thursday with the retail sector leading the char...

26th May, 2022

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Global shares rally on relief after Fed minutes

By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock markets broadly rose on Thursday and bo...

26th May, 2022

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Dollar eases as traders scale back bets on Fed tightening

By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar dipped on Thursday after minutes from the Feder...

26th May, 2022

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Pound touches 3-week high, UK household support plan in place

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling briefly touched its highest level in three weeks on T...

26th May, 2022

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UK inflation is causing ‘acute distress’, Sunak says

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that high inflation was caus...

26th May, 2022