By Sophie Yu and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – Searches on Chinese travel sites surged and social media platforms were flooded with delight and relief on Wednesday as the public cheere[...]
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Health
Investors bet China’s rally on easing COVID curbs will be furious but fleeting
By Jason Xue and Summer Zhen SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Investors piling into China’s tourism, catering and beverage stocks as Beijing eases strict COVID-19 curbs are also keeping an e[...]
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Philippines trims 2023 GDP growth target due to global risks
By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday lowered its economic growth target for 2023, taking into account an anticipated weakening in global activity, b[...]
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REUTERS NEXT: IMF chief sees higher chance of global growth below 2% in 2023
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder NEW YORK (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the chance of global growth falling below 2% next year[...]
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Analysis: Vietnam’s anti-graft crackdown chills supply chains, investment
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – An anti-corruption drive in Vietnam has paralysed many routine transactions in the country, causing shortages of essential goods and dampening investor c[...]
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Analysis-U.S. midterms dampen Big Pharma hopes for drug price policy change
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The divided U.S. Congress after the November midterm elections undermines pharmaceutical companies who want to weaken a new law that allows the governm[...]
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Norway’s economy grew more than expected in Q3
OSLO (Reuters) – The Norwegian economy grew at a faster pace than economists had expeced in the third quarter, Statistics Norway (SSB) data showed on Friday. The July-September quarter saw a ris[...]
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Britain to help insurers boost investment in economy
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced a plan on Thursday to free up billions of pounds from the capital buffers of insurers to invest in infrastructure, poten[...]
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In Burnley, Britain’s cost of living crisis hits home
By Natalie Thomas BURNLEY, England (Reuters) – Skipping lunch each day and watching television in blankets to keep warm is not how Ann and Keith Hartley envisaged their retirement in Burnley, th[...]
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