HONG KONG, May 7 (Reuters) – Chinese companies raised a record $148 billion through global equity capital markets in the first four months of 2021, data showed, as they tapped the ample cash available with investors due to the coronavirus pandemic. That was more than double the sum they garnered from equity markets in the year-ago period and accounted for […]
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FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mobile testing vehicles parked at a depot in London, Britain, May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON (Reuters) – British officials could declare one of the new coronavirus strains first found in India a “variant of concern”, the BBC and Guardian reported on Friday, due to evidence that it spreads more quickly than […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government is set to extend on Friday a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas by about three weeks until the end of May to curb a surge in novel coronavirus cases just months before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.FILE PHOTO: A woman in kimono clad and pedestrians wearing protective face masks, make their […]
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares rose to a one-week high on Friday and were set for a solid weekly gain as banks firmed and metal stocks scaled new peaks on strong commodity prices, despite domestic coronavirus cases clocking another record daily rise.A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, June 29, […]
Read moreTOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) – Japan’s services sector activity contracted in April as coronavirus emergency measures hit businesses, though the pace of decline eased to its slowest since around the time the health crisis started in early 2020. Firms faced challenges over the short-term outlook as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government considers extending a state of emergency in Tokyo and […]
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Thursday: Peloton — Shares of Peloton dropped more than 6% after the closing bell, when the fitness company reported fiscal third-quarter sales growth of 141%. Its per-share loss for the quarter was also smaller than expected at 3 cents versus 12 cents as forecast by analysts polled by Refinitiv. The […]
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Economists expect 1 million jobs were added in April, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.0%, according to Dow Jones. A lot of jobs were likely added in food service and leisure, as more Americans resumed normal activities and spent stimulus funds. Economists expect strong job growth in the next several months, but note it could be a […]
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FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows U.S. 100-dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao(Reuters) – A group of banks and investors overseeing the shift of trillions of dollars to the new benchmark U.S. interest rate SOFR on Thursday published a list of indicators that it wants to see progress in so it can recommend a forward-looking […]
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SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The big mystery with the government report Friday that’s expected to show nearly a million jobs gained for a second month in a row won’t be why U.S. employers hired so many, but why they didn’t hire more.FILE PHOTO: Matt Dillion and Chad Damron weld an upper deck assembly at Look Trailers cargo trailer manufacturing facility […]
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