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By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is poised to produce much more wheat and other crops this year than previously thought after rainfall confounded expectations that an El Nino …

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole That felt like a long wait for a two-page policy statement, and in the end the …

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 3.3% in December on a yearly basis, official data showed on Tuesday. The core inflation rate – which …

By Jihoon Lee and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean retail investors have been caught out by an 11% fall in a key Hong Kong stock market index this …

LONDON (Reuters) – Second-hand fashion marketplace Vestiaire Collective launched a crowdfunding campaign on Tuesday to raise at least one million euros ($1.09 million) from individual investors as the Kering-backed business …

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines on Monday provided an upbeat outlook for the full year despite warning of a wider-than-expected loss in the quarter through March due …

By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s gaming regulator has removed from its website rules it proposed last month aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage playing video games, …

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Shares of Indian broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises plunged 10% in pre-open trade on Tuesday, a day after Japan’s Sony Group scrapped a $10 billion merger with the …

By Steve Holland MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) -As New Hampshire voters prepared to cast their votes in the state’s first-in-the nation primary Tuesday, a robocall is circulating in the state …

BEIJING (Reuters) – A China-wide tour showcasing Tesla’s flagship Cybertruck pickup will kick off in late January, with eight trucks simultaneously on display in eight cities including Shanghai and the …

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia is considering initiating legal proceedings against foreign banks linked to the multi-billion dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal, the chairman of the 1MDB asset recovery …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Tuesday kept ultra-low interest rates intact in a widely expected move, as it awaits more data on whether wage growth will accelerate …

By Gram Slattery, Nathan Layne and James Oliphant FRANKLIN, N.H. (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s last remaining Republican opponent, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, was making a final push on Monday to …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday barred TurboTax maker Intuit from advertising or marketing services as “free” when many consumers were in fact …

By Veronica Dudei Maia Khongwir BENGALURU (Reuters) – South Korea’s economy expanded at a slightly slower pace in the final three months of 2023 compared to Q3 as elevated interest …

By John Kruzel (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to temporarily let U.S. Border Patrol agents cut or remove razor-wire fencing that Texas officials placed along part of …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions continued to soften in December as manufacturing and construction lost ground, a survey showed on Tuesday, while price pressures eased markedly in a promising …

By Karl Plume and Seher Dareen (Reuters) -Shares of Archer-Daniels-Midland plunged 24% on Monday, its biggest one-day drop since 1929, after CFO Vikram Luthar was placed on administrative leave as …

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Netflix said on Monday that Scott Stuber, head of films, will leave the streaming service pioneer in March to start his own media company. No replacement …

(Reuters) -Tencent Holdings’ Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees, or about 11% of its staff globally, the online gaming company said on Monday in a blog that included …

(This Jan. 16 story has been corrected to reflect the lack of official figures for December in paragraph 6) By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – The number of study permits …

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of …