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By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – U.S. oil production forecasts are being revised upwards despite labor and supply chain constraints as higher prices spur more drilling and well completion activity, according …

By Simon Jessop LONDON – BlackRock on Thursday projected that by 2030 at least three quarters of its investments in companies and governments will be tied to issuers with a …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Boosting enforcement of antidiscrimination and antitrust laws, raising the federal mininum wage and higher unionization rates could substantially boost U.S. economic growth, a new report …

By Mimosa Spencer PARIS -Sales at Birkin bag maker Hermes beat estimates in the first quarter, lifted by strong appetite for its luxury accessories, particularly in the United States and …

ZURICH – Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is ready to meet Swiss prosecutors in person to answer questions about their money-laundering investigation, he said in a television interview. Salameh …

TOKYO – Rising prices for raw materials, including nickel and copper, accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were having a “big” impact on Panasonic Corp, with the Japanese industrial giant …

MILAN -Shares in Atlantia rose more than 5% on Thursday after Italy’s Benetton family and U.S. investment fund Blackstone tabled their offer to buy out investors in the airport and …

By Maki Shiraki TOKYO -Toyota Motor Corp plans to launch a sport utility vehicle version of its Crown sedan for Japan, China and North America, three people said, revamping a …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chancellor Karl Nehammer during their meeting this week that Austria’s supply of gas can continue to be paid for in …

By Kevin Yao BEIJING – China’s economic growth is likely to slow to 5.0% in 2022 amid renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and a weakening global recovery, a Reuters poll showed, raising …

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will give a slightly hawkish tilt to its guidance on the future path of monetary policy by phasing out a pledge to ramp …

(Reuters) – Rio Tinto, one of the largest Australian mining companies, on Thursday confirmed its exit from the state mining lobby group after raising concerns that its policy on expansion …

SHANGHAI/BEIJING – China’s securities regulator on Thursday ordered Legend Holdings Corp to rectify information disclosure issues. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in a statement that a regular on-site …

BEIJING – China’s commerce ministry hopes the United States will remove tariffs on Chinese goods and stop cracking down on Chinese firms as soon as possible, ministry spokersperson Shu Jueting …

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM – Swedish telecom provider Ericsson said on Thursday it would likely be fined by U.S. regulators for its handling of a bribery investigation in Iraq and …

By Cynthia Kim and Aradhana Aravindan SEOUL/SINGAPORE – Singapore and South Korea both tightened monetary policy on Thursday, hot on the heels of rate hikes in Canada and New Zealand, …

By Ryan Woo BEIJING -China’s explicit call to cut the amount of cash banks set aside as reserves and boost lending has reinforced expectations for imminent policy easing, but economists …

(Reuters) -Dunelm said on Thursday its total sales jumped in the third quarter, as the British homeware retailer benefited from the reopening of stores after coronavirus curbs were eased. The …

A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao After a hectic period, traders (and reporters) will be looking forward to the long Easter weekend but they must …

By Kaori Kaneko and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO -Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday urged the government to introduce jet fuel subsidies and launch a tourism campaign as part …

SHANGHAI/BEIJING – China’s central bank is set to step up monetary easing efforts, but a vast majority of market participants in a Reuters poll conducted on Thursday believe the central …

(Reuters) – The Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog was among the agencies involved in a recent inquiry into links between billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group and state-owned Chinese companies, Bloomberg …

(Reuters) – Publicis, the world’s third-biggest advertising group, beat market expectations of organic growth in the first quarter but stuck to its full-year outlook on Thursday, hindered by economic uncertainties. …

By Josh Ye HONG KONG – Tencent Holdings Ltd said it will shut down a service that allowed Chinese gamers to access overseas platforms to play unapproved foreign games, in …

TOKYO – Japan has yet to emerge completely from deflation but is no longer suffering from a sustained period of price falls, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said …