Governor Murphy Flees U.S. for Overseas Trip
TRENTON, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy have a busy schedule ahead, starting with their travel to Utah on the evening of Wednesday, July 10, for the National…
Canada’s planned curbs on overseas student work may hurt tight job market
By Wa Lone TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s planned curbs on work by international students could spark shortages of temporary workers in food services and retail industries as employers are wrestling with a…
Hong Kong police expand dragnet on overseas pro-democracy activists
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police on Thursday added five more overseas-based activists to a list of wanted people, offering bounties for information leading to their arrest in a…
Green Bay Pastor Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Online Sex Crimes Targeting Children Overseas
Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 4, 2023, Cory J. Herthel (age: 40) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment…
Japanese investors slow investments in overseas bonds and equities in Oct
(Reuters) – Japanese investments in foreign bonds and equities slowed in October, influenced by higher U.S. bond yields and a depreciating yen, data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance showed. According to the…
Japan Aug machinery orders fall, overseas slowdown may weigh
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan core machinery orders fell for a second straight month in August, suggesting worries about a global economic slowdown and China’s wobbly recovery may be hurting companies’ appetite to…
Japan’s manufacturers’ sentiment weighed by overseas risks – Reuters Tankan
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Business morale at large Japanese manufacturers was subdued in October, although the services-sector mood edged up, the Reuters Tankan poll showed, as upbeat domestic demand helped…
Inceptio sees big jump in China sales of driver-assist truck tech, plans overseas foray
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese startup Inceptio expects the number of trucks in China using its driver-assist technology will quadruple by mid-2024 from around 600 currently, and also plans to begin sales overseas…
Blackstone China unit gets nod to raise funds for overseas investments
By Roxanne Liu and Selena Li (Reuters) – Blackstone’s newly established China unit has received regulatory approval to raise funds that will be invested overseas, joining other global asset managers in seeking…
CBP’s Baltimore Field Office Takes Nation’s Top Spot at Intercepting Stolen Vehicles Being Shipped Overseas
BALTIMORE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the Baltimore Field Office intercepted 239 stolen vehicles during fiscal year 2022 (Oct.1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2022), taking top spot among all…
Japan’s current account swings back to black on overseas investment
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s current account swung to a surplus in February, reflecting hefty returns on securities investments and easing some concerns about any weakening of the country’s purchasing…
Chinese top hotpot chain’s overseas unit sees profit this year
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The overseas unit of China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao expects to return to profit this year, after posting almost 80% year-on-year growth in revenue for 2022…
China cuts reserve ratio given domestic pressures, overseas risks – state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank made a “timely” move by pumping liquidity into the banking system to respond to rising pressures in the domestic banking industry and growing risks abroad, a…
Chinese Overseas Reps Meddled In Canadian City’s Elections, Intel Officials Say
Chinese Overseas Reps Meddled In Canadian City’s Elections, Intel Officials Say Bronson Winslow on March 16, 2023 China has actively interfered in Vancouver’s politics and groomed politicians for office through the use…
Australia state says first AUKUS nuclear submarines could be built overseas
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The South Australia state government said Friday that the first nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact between the United States, Britain and Australia may be built overseas, but that…
US Treasury eyes effective hike in overseas corporate minimum tax to 21%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it has proposed raising the effective minimum rate that U.S. corporations pay on overseas income to 21% from about 10.5% as it…
SoftBank-backed OakNorth leans towards U.S. IPO in overseas push
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) – OakNorth is leaning towards the United States for a prospective stock market listing, as the British bank considers ways to grow in…
Japanese investors turn net sellers of overseas bonds on U.S. rate worries
By Gaurav Dogra and Kevin Buckland (Reuters) – Japanese investors turned net sellers of foreign bonds last week, after three weeks of buying, as U.S. bonds fell on concerns over further policy…
JPMorgan’s top trader sees China as biggest overseas opportunity
By Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s head of trading sees China as its largest potential overseas market as the bank aims to expand its…
Japanese investors turn net buyers of overseas bonds in January
(Reuters) – Japanese investors turned net buyers of overseas bonds in January for the first time in five months, as U.S. bond yields retreated on signs that slowing inflation would prompt major…
U.S. fines J&J $9.75 million over kickbacks to surgeon for overseas surgeries
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes unit will pay $9.75 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice accusations that DePuy illegally provided free products to a…
FBI Raided Overseas Chinese Government Police Station In New York, Seized Materials: REPORT
FBI Raided Overseas Chinese Government Police Station In New York, Seized Materials: REPORT Philip Lenczycki on January 13, 2023 FBI counterintelligence agents raided the New York office of an alleged overseas Chinese…
Venezuela owes over $20 million to law firms on guarding overseas assets
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela owes $20.7 million to U.S. law firms handling litigation against creditors seeking to collect unpaid debts from bond defaults and nationalizations carried out more than 15 years ago,…
China gives Hong Kong leader power to bar overseas lawyers in national security cases
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s top lawmaking body has given Hong Kong leader John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases, removing the decision from the city’s courts, in…
Iran arrests 12 people linked to overseas agents – state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday arrested 12 people accused of being linked to overseas agents and planning “subversive action”, the elite force said in a statement, according to state…
China sovereign fund CIC posts 14.27% overseas investment return in 2021
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The China Investment Corp (CIC) sovereign wealth fund booked a 14.27% net return on overseas investment in 2021 in U.S. dollar terms, it said on Friday. Its annualised…
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