StanChart lifts annual profit outlook, sets new $1 billion share buyback
By Selena Li and Lawrence White HONG KONG (Reuters) -Standard Chartered PLC upgraded its annual profit forecast on Friday and…
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Singapore home prices rise despite cooling measures
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s private home prices rose 3.1% in the first half of the year, official…
Euro zone firms see stagnating activity ahead: ECB survey
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Big euro zone firms are recording stagnating activity levels and see no improvement in the current quarter…
ECB survey points to stickier underlying inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Core inflation in the euro zone will come down more slowly than previously thought as wage growth…
Britain investigates after Mali gets defence emails meant for Pentagon
LONDON (Reuters) – UK authorities said on Friday they were investigating defence ministry emails that were mistakenly sent to the…
Keurig Dr Pepper beats sales estimates, posts strong forecast on higher prices
(Reuters) – Keurig Dr Pepper Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Thursday and forecast higher annual sales,…
Chemicals maker Clariant sees stronger H2 after catalysts unit helps Q2 profit beat
By Linda Pasquini and Marta Frackowiak (Reuters) -Swiss specialty chemicals maker Clariant on Friday said it still expected the second…
BOJ Governor Ueda’s comments at news conference
(Reuters) – The Bank of Japan made its yield curve control policy more flexible and loosened its defence of a…
China Evergrande’s winding-up hearing adjourned to Oct. 30 – Hong Kong court
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The hearing for a winding-up petition against China Evergrande Group has been adjourned to Oct. 30…
Analysis-How the ghost of 1990s property crash returned to haunt Sweden
By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Long before Europe faced its debt crisis, Sweden struggled through its own 1990s property…