(Reuters) – Logitech International posted a 22% drop in fourth-quarter sales on Tuesday, as growing worries of an economic downturn continue to hinder the computer peripherals maker from maintaining the growth experienced during the pandemic. The Swiss company said its sales for the three months to March-end fell to $960 million, compared with $1.23 billion…
(Reuters) – Logitech International posted a 22% drop in fourth-quarter sales on Tuesday, as growing worries of an economic downturn continue to hinder the computer peripherals maker from maintaining the growth experienced during the pandemic. The Swiss company said its sales for the three months to March-end fell to $960 million, compared with $1.23 billion…
By Leika Kihara and Jihoon Lee INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -Asian finance leaders will on Tuesday look for ways to tighten safeguards to address emergency funding needs during pandemics and natural disasters, as global recession fears and volatile financial markets cloud the economic outlook. The impact of U.S. interest rate increases on the region’s capital…
By Ben Kellerman and Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – American basketball star Brittney Griner stepped onto the red carpet at the star-studded Met Gala on Monday, embracing a larger spotlight months after returning home from detention in a Russian penal colony. The twice Olympic champion has pledged to advocate for the release of other…
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian units have ousted Russian forces from some positions in Bakhmut amid fierce battles, a top Ukrainian general said on Monday, as the White House believes that more than 20,000 Russian fighters have been killed in Ukraine since December. “The situation (in Bakhmut) is quite difficult,” Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Ukrainian commander…
By Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s consumer inflation eased for a third consecutive month to a 14-month low in April and the central bank expects the downward trend to persist for some time, supporting the market’s view that its policy tightening cycle is over. The consumer price index (CPI) stood 3.7% higher in April…
By Leika Kihara and Jihoon Lee INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Japan and South Korea held their first bilateral finance leaders’ meeting in seven years on Tuesday, a sign relations between the two are thawing amid shared challenges from geopolitical tensions and slowing economic growth. “Japan and South Korea are important neighbours that must cooperate…
By Steve Holland and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Monday estimated that Russia’s military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in fighting in the Bakhmut region and other areas of Ukraine. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters the figure, based on U.S. intelligence estimates, included more…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s flagship carrier, Qantas Airways Ltd, on Tuesday named its finance chief Vanessa Hudson to serve as its new chief executive starting in November, making her the first woman to lead the century-old airline. Here are key facts about the Australian businesswoman. *Hudson is a trained accountant who has worked at Qantas…
By Scott Murdoch, Niket Nishant and Chris Prentice (Reuters) -Regulators seized First Republic Bank and sold its assets to JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday, in a deal to resolve the largest U.S. bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis and draw a line under a lingering banking turmoil. First Republic was among regional U.S….
