Jordan says Israeli retaliation for Iran strikes risks wider regional war
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday an Israeli retaliation against Iranian strikes could bring a real risk of dragging the whole region into a…
Arctic warming threatens wider world with rising seas-US report
By Timothy Gardner and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The Arctic experienced the warmest summer on record this year, contributing to extraordinary wildfires and melting glaciers while threatening the rest of the world…
France to end contract with biggest Muslim high school amid fears of wider crackdown
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – France is to end funding for its biggest Muslim high school on the grounds of administrative failures and questionable teaching practices, a local official said on…
UAW strikes GM engine plant, threatening wider disruption
By David Shepardson and Joseph White (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers on Saturday expanded its strike at General Motors to include an engine plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee that GM said supplies…
Why Wildwood Beaches Are So Much Wider than the Rest of New Jersey
When it comes to beaches in New Jersey, Wildwood stands out for one particular reason—its incredible width. While many East Coast beaches are losing their shoreline to erosion, Wildwood’s beaches are expansive…
US House panel chair: wider Chinese iPhone ban aims to quash Apple’s market access
(Reuters) – A wider ban on China state employees from using Apple’s iPhones is not surprising and seeks to limit a Western company’s market access, the chairman of the U.S. House panel…
Brazil’s Magalu blames wider quarterly loss on high borrowing costs
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza reported on Monday a second-quarter adjusted net loss of 198.8 million reais ($40 million), blaming the country’s high interest rate for hitting its financial…
Trulieve posts wider Q2 loss, says extreme heat weighing on current quarter
By Tanay Dhumal (Reuters) -Pot firm Trulieve Cannabis on Wednesday posted a wider second-quarter loss and said the worse-than-usual temperature and lower customer spending were weighing on current-quarter performance. The cannabis industry…
Swiss energy rescue helps fuel wider 2024 budget deficit forecast
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland expects its budget deficit to widen to 6.7 billion Swiss francs ($7.46 billion) next year due to extraordinary spending on Ukrainian refugees and the electricity sector, the government…
China’s Xpeng expands self-driving capability to Beijing, eyes wider expansion
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc on Thursday expanded its self-driving capability to Beijing as part of the automaker’s expanded launch of City NGP (Navigation Guided Pilot) across…
China renews pledge for wider market access for foreign investors
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday it will continue to push for the relaxation of market access for foreign investors, renewing efforts to lure foreign capital as the world’s…
Exclusive-Credit Suisse regulatory compliance head leaving as part of wider overhaul -sources
By Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – Credit Suisse’s head of regulatory compliance, Julian Gooding, is leaving Switzerland’s second-biggest bank as part of a sweeping overhaul involving thousands of job cuts, people with…
CERAWEEK-US plans no wider easing of sanctions on Venezuela, official says
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is not planning a systematic easing of sanctions on Venezuela after an initial round allowed partners of state-run oil firm PDVSA to resume…
G20 watchdog says commodity market concentration poses threat to wider economy
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The pandemic and war in Ukraine highlighted weaknesses in commodity markets where a ‘significant’ concentration of firms, banks, exchanges and clearing houses threatens to transmit losses…
Blackouts hit Ukraine’s small businesses, and wider economy, hard
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Oleksii Revutskyi rolls his eyes when talking about the challenges Ukrainian businesses have faced lately. “Two years of quarantine, a year of war – bring on…
China COVID curbs exact wider business toll on Yum, EV maker Nio
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO suspended production at its plants in the eastern city of Hefei as rising COVID-19 cases and China’s heavy-handed response to outbreaks exact a widening…
Wider Image: In Mexico, more loved ones go missing. Their families keep searching
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Mahe Elipe LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) – Manki Lugo no longer remembers how many dead bodies she has found in the seven years she has searched across northern…
Rouble steadies near 60 vs dollar, X5 shares outperform wider market
MOSCOW – The Russian rouble stabilised near the 60 mark against the dollar on Tuesday, losing momentum after a short-lived rally, while stock indexes declined on lower oil prices and uncertainty related…
Crypto markets may pose risks to wider financial stability, ECB warns
By Francesco Canepa and Tom Wilson FRANKFURT -Cryptocurrencies will pose a risk to financial stability if the emerging sector maintains its rapid growth of the last two years and financial firms deepen…
Japan posts trade gap far wider than forecasts as China exports slow, energy imports soar
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan recorded a trade deficit in March that was more than four times wider than market forecasts, as China-bound exports slowed sharply while soaring energy prices raised…
Analysis-Jerusalem clashes raise fears of wider conflict
By Henriette Chacar, Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM – One year after events in Jerusalem led to war in Gaza, clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan are raising fears…
Czech central banker favours rate hikes to wider FX sales to stem inflation
By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE – The Czech central bank is likely to raise interest rates again on March 31 and may discuss more use of foreign exchange interventions, board member Tomas Holub…
LME to resume nickel trading at 1400 GMT, mulls wider price limit
LONDON – The London Metal Exchange (LME) will resume electronic nickel trading on Wednesday afternoon and is considering hiking its 5% price limit for the following day, the exchange said. The 145-year-old…
HSBC sees risks of wider contagion to markets from Russia-Ukraine conflict – CEO
LONDON – The boss of HSBC, one of Europe’s largest banks, said on Tuesday he was concerned about the risk of “wider contagion” for global markets from the deepening crisis in Ukraine.…
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