FILE PHOTO: Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French deputy Minister for Industry, wearing a protective face mask, attends the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS (Reuters) – The French government will meet its target to have around 10 million people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus […]

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past the Singapore Exchange (SGX) which stays open during “circuit breaker” measures to curb coronavirus COVID-19) in central business district area in Singapore, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File PhotoSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Exchange Ltd is proposing introducing regulations this year to allow the listing of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German chemicals group Bayer is preparing to kick off the sale of pest control unit Bayer Environmental Science (BES) this summer with a price tag potentially topping 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion), people close to the matter said.FILE PHOTO: The logo of Bayer AG is seen in a showroom of the German drugmaker where the annual results […]

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File photoBENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares fell on Wednesday, after gaining more than 2% in the previous session, pressured by financial stocks, as rising U.S. Treasury yields renewed concerns of foreign fund outflows. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index fell 0.8% to […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers are optimistic about the U.S. economic outlook as more Americans are vaccinated and government aid gets to households and businesses, and they are not going to stand in its way.FILE PHOTO: A security guard walks in front of an image of the Federal Reserve following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy […]