SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as a “criminal act” and demanded an immediate withdrawal of the plan. The fact that Biden had admitted it was a difficult decision showed he was aware of the disastrous consequences of the use of cluster…
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – China’s planned export controls on gallium have caused frantic stockpiling of speciality semiconductor wafers made from the metal, according to the world’s largest gallium buyer. Freiberger Compound Materials relies almost entirely on Chinese suppliers for its gallium needs to make wafers that go into mobile phone radio signal amplifiers…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A volte face in Treasury yields has improved investors’ mood considerably this week as excitement about U.S. disinflation builds despite conflicting signals from around the world. After bumpy start to the third quarter, stocks and bonds rallied together on Monday –…
By Yantoultra Ngui and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings on Tuesday posted a 5.2% drop in its net portfolio value to S$382 billion ($284.65 billion) in the financial year that ended in March. The drop in net portfolio value is its first since the 2020 financial year and came amid…
By Selena Li and Samuel Shen HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS has halted plans to set up a new fund unit in China and decided to maintain ownership in a mega fund joint venture from its Credit Suisse takeover, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. UBS has decided to indefinitely suspend works…
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – ASEAN chair Indonesia on Tuesday stressed the importance of the regional bloc’s unity in remaining credible, as its foreign ministers started talks expected to touch on the thorny issue of engaging Myanmar’s ostracised ruling generals. The meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean state-run banks are providing at least two trillion won ($1.54 billion) of liquidity support to a credit union hit by customer withdrawals, joining commercial banks also offering financing to reduce risks of a crunch in the local money market. The Industrial Bank of Korea and the Korea Development…
By Yew Lun Tian and Karen Lema (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister Qin Gang will not attend a diplomatic gathering in Indonesia this week for health reasons, a spokesman for his ministry said on Tuesday. Top diplomat Wang Yi would represent China at the meetings in Jakarta instead, the spokesman, Wang Wenbin, told a regular…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian court signed off on a A$450 million ($300 million) fine for Blackstone-owned owned casino operator Crown Resorts for breaking anti-money laundering laws, ending the darkest chapter in the company’s history. The company, dominated by billionaire founder James Packer before he agreed to sell last year, agreed to the payment in…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese consumers may finally be shedding their decades-old frugal mindset, spending more on items that retailers were once too afraid to raise prices on and paving the way for the central bank to finally unwind its massive monetary stimulus. The world’s third-largest economy is seeing early…
