By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – As Japan’s stock market roars to multi-decade highs, large investors with long memories say they are staying out, wary of sagging momentum and the prospect the central bank will unwind its massive monetary stimulus. Riding a wave of buybacks and strong corporate earnings, and pumped up by a…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor and vice chair nominee Philip Jefferson said progress on inflation may be slowing but said it was also too early in the policy tightening process to judge the full impact of the rapid rate increases approved by the central bank so far. Inflation “is still too…
(Reuters) -Shopping mall operator Regency Centers Corp said on Thursday it has agreed to buy Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc in an all-stock deal valued at about $1.4 billion, including the assumption of debt and preferred stock. The move will help Regency expand its footprint in grocery-anchored shopping centers in suburban trade areas in the United…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation priced a $500 million debt offering that was underwritten by minority, veteran- and woman-owned investment firms, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. The offering of senior medium-term bank notes — typically handled by the world’s largest lenders — will be led entirely…
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China needs to level the playing field between private and state owned firms, the Asian Development Bank’s chief economist said on Thursday, adding that the world’s second-largest economy risks “wasting a tonne of money” with a state-led growth model. “If you just try to use brute force, spend your…
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) -At a meeting in Russia’s former Central Asian backyard, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday pledged further support for war-torn Ukraine with plans to increase its capital by 3 billion-5 billion euros. The emerging markets lender has already earmarked 3 billion euros for Ukraine – which is fighting off…
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s central bank is expected to raise short-term interest rates by another quarter-point to a more than 16-year high next week, in what may be the last increase in an aggressive tightening cycle aimed at battling persistent inflation. All 15 economists polled by Reuters projected a 25 basis points…
By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan DHAKA (Reuters) – Apparel makers in Bangladesh are considering rare bulk exports by air to Europe and the United States, as they race to meet deadlines and avoid cancellations after a cyclone delayed shipments, caused power cuts and disrupted production. The crunch could disrupt summer clothes supplies for retailers…
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -BT Group, Britain’s biggest broadband and mobile provider, will cut up to 55,000 jobs including contractors by 2030 – potentially over 40% of its workforce – as it completes its fibre roll-out and adapts to new technologies such as AI. The company has been working through a transformation plan to…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said on Thursday that the rate at which the central bank reduces its holdings of government bonds was more likely to increase than decrease, as it unwinds its quantitative easing programme. The BoE is currently reducing its government bond holdings by 80 billion…
