Slideshow ( 2 images )BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has declared all of Greece a coronavirus risk area, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Friday, which means that tourists and returning German nationals need to present a negative test to avoid quarantine. The RKI also listed all of the Netherlands, expect the overseas territories of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba, Aruba […]
Read more* SSEC -0.7%, CSI300 -1.1% * HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used -3.8%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 2.8% * FTSE China A50 -1.5% BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) – China stocks posted weekly gains, as investors took comfort in the central bank’s surprise decision to cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves to help underpin the country’s post-COVID […]
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean graduate student Kim Hyun-jin sits with her thumbs flailing away at the screen of her phone, hoping to land a click on an online map that will get her the leftover coronavirus vaccine that someone in her Seoul neighbourhood missed.Slideshow ( 2 images )But after 10 days of “mad clicking,” Kim, 32, has come away […]
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ITC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging over 1%. Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 100 points to touch record intra-day high in early trade on July 16, tracking gains in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and ITC despite a largely negative trend in global markets. After surging to a peak of 53,290.81 in opening session, the […]
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Forex traders said foreign fund outflows and firm crude oil prices could weigh on investor sentiment and cap the appreciation of the local unit. The Indian rupee opened on a flat note and inched higher by 3 paise to 74.51 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday, as investors await fresh triggers. At the interbank foreign exchange, the […]
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -SoftBank-backed Indian digital payments startup Paytm has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to 166 billion rupees ($2.23 billion), draft papers submitted to the country’s market regulator showed on Friday.The interface of Indian payments app Paytm is seen in front of its logo displayed in this illustration picture taken July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Florence Lo/IllustrationThe IPO […]
Read more* Spot gold up more than 1% for the week * Platinum up 2.8% on the week * Palladium prices should trade lower into 2022 – UBS (Adds comments and updates prices) July 16 (Reuters) – Gold prices were headed on Friday for a fourth straight weekly gain after the U.S. Federal Reserve allayed investor fears of a faster tightening […]
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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiSEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics has applied for tax breaks to potentially build its planned $17 billion U.S. chip factory in a location in Texas other than Austin, where it has an existing chip plant, according to […]
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FILE PHOTO: A Tesla supercharger is shown at a charging station in Santa Clarita, California, U.S. October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo(Reuters) – Tesla Inc’s vehicle registrations in California rose more than 85% in the second quarter versus last year, largely due to the success of the company’s Model Y, according to data from Cross-Sell here, a research firm that […]
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