Erdogan says he is in agreement with Putin that grain deal should be extended

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he is in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin that a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain should be extended. Speaking to reporters, Erdogan said that the deal will hopefully be extended from its current July 17 deadline as results of…

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Emerging market equity fund inflows outpace developed market rivals

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging market equity funds are outpacing developed market rivals in attracting inflows for the first time in three years, underscoring a relatively more favourable growth outlook and expectations of faster rate cuts in many less developed markets. Refinitiv Lipper data shows money inflows into emerging market (EM)…

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Analysis-As deficit soars, Egypt expands money supply, fuelling inflation

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt risks fuelling its record inflation and putting more pressure on the Egyptian pound if it does not slow an expansion of the money supply which bankers and analysts say has been used to plug widening budget deficits. Central bank figures show “M1” money supply, which includes domestic currency…

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Tesla’s Shanghai factory workers welcome bonus increase after record deliveries

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Several workers at Tesla’s Shanghai plant, its biggest manufacturing hub globally by output, said they had been awarded a large increase in their latest quarterly performance bonuses. The workers said they welcomed the award after the U.S. electric automaker had cut bonuses for many staff in the previous quarter. Discontent at the…

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Major Australian REIT limits withdrawals from unlisted office fund

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian real estate investment trust (REIT) has limited how much investors can withdraw from one of its largest office funds citing challenging property conditions, in the latest sign of trouble for the embattled commercial property sector. Investors in the unlisted A$2.5 billion ($1.72 billion) Charter Hall Direct PFA Fund…

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