By Ritsuko Shimizu and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese insurers are expected to maintain marine war insurance, which covers the sinking and requisition of ships due to war in Russian wa[...]
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Asia
Growth constraints to shackle industrial metals for a few more months
By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – Industrial metals markets hoping for improving demand and a price rally may have to wait a few more months with the headwinds of slow growth likely to dominat[...]
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Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that cou[...]
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How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires – 2022 has[...]
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China central bank promises more policy support for economy
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank said on Friday it will step up implementation of its “prudent” monetary policy to support the economy hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, ke[...]
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Indonesia issues emergency regulation to replace jobs law
By Ananda Teresia and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo signed an emergency regulation on Friday to replace a controversial job creation law that a court had ru[...]
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Putin says Russia now one of China’s leading oil and gas suppliers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia had become one of China’s leading suppliers of oil and gas, with 13.8 billion cubic metres of gas shipped to[...]
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Russian rouble surges as volatile year draws to a close
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The rouble strengthened sharply on Friday, nearing the 70 mark against the dollar as a highly volatile year drew to a close, with the final month of trading dominated by fears[...]
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China funds with energy bets stand out in a bleak year
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese fund managers who made big bets on energy companies are celebrating a year that was brutal for many of their peers. Huang Hai, who manages three funds for Wanjia Ass[...]
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