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China will further enhance capital account opening, FX official says
BOAO, China, (Reuters) - China will make it easier to move capital in and out of the country and promote financial market deregulation, a senior forex regulator said on Friday, as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investors amid heightened ...
Vietnam economy expands by 5.66% in Q1 as exports boom
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's gross domestic product in the first quarter grew 5.66% from a year earlier as exports boomed, government data released on Friday showed, despite higher shipping costs due to turmoil in the Red Sea. Growth in the ...
Texas attorney general opens investigation into parts supplier for Boeing
(Reuters) - Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into a supplier of parts for Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc after what he said were recurring issues with certain of those parts, his office said on Thursday. On ...
Musk's xAI to launch improved version of chatbot
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an enhanced version of its chatbot Grok. The new version, called Grok-1.5, will be made available to early testers and existing Grok users on social media ...
Brazil health plan operator Hapvida doubles quarterly adjusted profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian healthcare operator Hapvida posted on Thursday a 104.8% jump in its adjusted net profit for the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier, bolstered by higher prices for its health plans. The company, which operates ...
Tokyo inflation slowdown, output slide clouds BOJ's rate hike outlook
By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed in March and factory output unexpectedly slid in the previous month, heightening uncertainty on how soon the Bank of Japan can raise interest rates again ...
Brazil exchange operator B3 to offer bitcoin futures in April
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian exchange operator B3 said on Thursday it received a green light from the country's securities regulator to offer bitcoin futures, with trading to start on April 17. B3, which currently offers exchange-traded funds ...
Howard Levitt: The social compact with Canadian Jews is broken and needs to be restored
There are very few Jews in the world. Not even one per cent of the world’s population is Jewish. Not even 0.1 per cent. In fact, only about 15 million of the world’s population of 8 billion people — less than .02 per cent — are Jewish. Canada has ...
Japan February jobless rate rises to 2.6%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate in February rose to 2.6% from 2.4% in the previous month, government data showed on Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists' median forecast of 2.4%. The ...
S.Korea Feb factory output rises most in six months, retail sales drop
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's factory production rose in February by the fastest pace in six months, while retail sales dropped, official data showed on Friday. The industrial output index rose 3.1% in February on a seasonally adjusted monthly ...