SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S.-based businesses reported more pessimism about operating in China due to bilateral tensions, ongoing COVID-19 curbs, regulatory restrictions and a slowing economy, a survey from the American Chamber of Commerce showed on Tuesday. Optimism toward domestic market growth dropped 11 percentage points from the previous year, according to the Chamber’s report, based…
PARIS (Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus chose the Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group Ltd’s hydrogen unit to help it reduce CO2 emissions from flying, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) said in a statement on Tuesday. The move, marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, reflected the companies’ “shared ambition … to support the entry-into-service…
By Liz Hampton and Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Officials from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met U.S. shale oil company executives on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston on Monday as energy prices soared over supply concerns. It was at least the fourth time since 2017 that U.S. shale…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has frozen the assets of an additional 32 Russian and Belarusian officials and oligarchs following the invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday. The newly added sanctions target 20 Russians including deputy chiefs of staff for President Vladamir Putin’s administration, deputy chairmen of the state parliament, the head…
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices see-sawed near 14-year highs on Tuesday as the United States considered acting alone to ban Russian oil imports rather than teaming up with allies in Europe, easing concerns of a wider disruption to crude supplies. Brent crude futures were up $1.06, or 0.9%, at $124.27 a barrel…
LONDON (Reuters) -Fitch became the second major credit rating firm to suspend its commercial operations in Russia with immediate effect on Monday, saying its analysts outside the country would provide its coverage instead. Ratings firms are facing the twin pressures of Western sanctions that ban transactions with targeted Russian firms and a new law passed…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan recorded its largest current account deficit since the start of 2014 in January as a jump in oil import costs offset gains in investment incomes, with continuing uncertainty due to the Ukraine crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. The current account data highlighted the dependence of Japan’s resource-deficient economy on…
LONDON (AP) — U.K. lawmakers are set to pass a bill on Monday aimed at toughening sanctions on Russia and rooting out ill-gotten money from the British economy. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Economic Crime Bill will let British authorities ”pursue (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s allies in the U.K. with the full backing of…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 80 environmental groups and other organizations on Monday urged California Governor Gavin Newsom to impose tougher rules promoting electric vehicles even as the state is moving faster than President Joe Biden’s administration. “Californians being punished by high gas prices and climate disasters deserve the fastest all-electric future…
By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Sabahatjahan Contractor (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell sharply on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite confirming it was in a bear market, as the prospect of a ban on oil imports from Russia sent crude prices soaring and fueled concerns about rising inflation. Nasdaq ended down 20.1% from…
