By Choonsik Yoo and Jihoon Lee INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea is seeking to have its domestic bonds added to a key international market index this year although a decision by the benchmark publisher may not be made until September next year, the country’s finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday. The government has said…
ROME, May 3 (Reuters) – Italy’s unemployment rate edged down to 7.8% in March from 7.9% in February, data showed on Wednesday, as some 22,000 jobs were created in the month. The March jobess rate was below the median forecast of 8.0% in a Reuters survey of 11 analysts and was the lowest reading since…
PARIS (Reuters) – Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that he would meet with retailers and suppliers next week to discuss ways to break the food price inflation “spiral” by autumn, which is a major concern for cash-strapped consumers. Le Maire also told Franceinfo radio that economic growth remained solid in France despite…
(Reuters) – A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia’s mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol. Flames and black smoke billowed over what appeared to be large tanks emblazoned with…
By Isla Binnie and Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on Tuesday a bill barring state officials from investing public money to promote environmental, social and governance goals, and prohibiting ESG bond sales. The bill is one of the furthest-reaching efforts yet by U.S. Republicans against sustainable investing efforts, and…
MUNICH (Reuters) -Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler is ready to make a confession about his role in the diesel emissions scandal in exchange for a suspended sentence and a payment of 1.1 million euros ($1.21 million), his defence team said on Wednesday. The former CEO was charged in 2020 over his role in the scandal…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s apparel export earnings could slump by $1 billion this year, a top industry expert said on Wednesday, as slowing global demand hits the crisis-hit South Asian country. Apparel is Sri Lanka’s largest industrial export and earned $5.95 billion in 2022, helping the country as it weathered its…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Earlier, Israeli jets struck in Gaza as armed groups there fired rocket barrages…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand’s Commodities Discretionary Enhanced Fund ended March down 15% and 34% lower for the year so far, eliminating over half of the fund’s 2022 gains, said a client note from Societe Generale seen by Reuters. March saw a wild ride in commodities prices with crude…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Police on Tuesday captured a man suspected of shooting five Texas neighbors to death and leading multiple agencies on a four-day manhunt, after a tip led them to a home in a nearby town where he was caught hiding beneath laundry, officials said. The bloodshed erupted on Friday after neighbors asked…
