By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed in early Asia trade on Monday as concerns over weak Chinese demand were offset by rising tensions in the Middle East following the rebel overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Brent crude futures fell by 1 cent to $71.11 per barrel by 1117 GMT. U.S….
Investing.com– ANZ Group Holdings (ASX:ANZ) said on Monday that Nuno Matos will take over as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Shayne Elliott, who is retiring after nearly a decade at the helm. The changes will be effective from July 3, 2025. Matos, 57, was previously CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC Holdings…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy expanded an annualised 1.2% in the July-September period from the previous quarter, a faster pace than the preliminary reading, government data showed on Monday. The revised gross domestic product (GDP) figure released by the Cabinet Office compared with economists’ median forecast for a 0.9% rise in a Reuters poll and…
Investing.com– The Japanese economy grew slightly more than initially estimated in the third quarter on some support from export demand and capital spending, although private consumption growth was revised lower. Gross domestic product grew 1.2% year-on-year, revised government data showed on Monday. The reading was slightly above prior estimates of 0.9%, but still remained well…
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several key players in President-elect Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency venture head to Abu Dhabi on Monday for the largest bitcoin gathering in the Gulf region as the digital currency sets record highs. Speakers include the president-elect’s son Eric and billionaire Steve Witkoff, the new White House envoy for…
By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – Workers in some of the world’s biggest garment manufacturing hubs in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Pakistan are increasingly exposed to extreme heat as climate change pushes temperatures up, a report found on Sunday, a problem multinational retailers and brands will have to help address. New European Union regulations make retailers…
ISTANBUL/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – After 13 years of civil war, Syria’s opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for a major offensive and felt they had received its tacit approval, two sources with knowledge of the planning said. Launched barely…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Attention turns to China on Monday and the release of November inflation data, with global investor sentiment broadly upbeat as the relentless rally on Wall Street continues but tempered by an increasingly volatile geopolitical backdrop. The toppling of Syrian President Bashar…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) is nearing a settlement with Anson Funds Management after the hedge fund and several other activist investors pushed the U.S. call center software company to make changes that would boost its share price, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Anson Funds’ portfolio manager Sagar…
By Nathan Layne and Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday that he would act on his first day in office to pardon rioters involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, further building expectations for a broad granting of clemency. “I’m going to be acting very…
