Month: November 2021

Reuters was first to report that the Czech National Bank is in a comfortable position with interest rates and it can tighten policy further at a more moderate pace, and possibly consider no rate hike at its December meeting, Governor Jiri Rusnok said last Thursday. The central bank stunned markets with a 125-basis-point rate hike […]

In an in-depth analysis, Reuters detailed how the European Central Bank’s latest comments on inflation have lobbed another grenade in the path of the euro. Already down over 7% to the dollar this year, the euro tumbled against every major currency after ECB President Christine Lagarde quashed money markets’ expectations of a 2022 interest rate […]

Reuters reported exclusively that Turkey’s state energy company BOTAS is expected to turn to the central bank to help meet its growing need for hard currency and to support the lira as gas prices and demand climb during the peak consumption winter months. Reuters sources said that the government intends BOTAS to tap the central […]

Reuters exclusively reported that telecoms tycoon Patrick Drahi is looking to increase his stake in BT Group as he seeks to extend his influence at the British company, betting its fiber optic rollout will boost value. Since the billionaire Altice founder bought a 12.1% stake in BT worth about 2.2 billion pounds ($2.95 billion) on June […]

Reuters exclusively reported that China has been pushing U.S. executives, companies and business groups to fight against China-related bills in the U.S. Congress. Reuters sources said letters from the economic and commercial office of China’s embassy in Washington have pressed executives to urge lawmakers to alter or drop specific bills that seek to enhance U.S. […]

Reuters reported exclusively that Chinese financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services portal Autohome. Ping An, which is currently the biggest shareholder of Beijing-based Autohome via an offshore entity, has held talks with several strategic and private equity investors for the stake in recent months. The […]

Reuters exclusively reported on Friday that credit card giant Visa expects to resolve its fee dispute with Amazon.com Inc in Britain and hopes to continue its co-branded credit card partnership with the e-commerce giant in the United States. In an interview with Reuters, Visa’s chief financial officer Vasant Prabhu said Amazon accounted for a relatively small […]

The inflationary impact of U.S. President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion dollar plan for expanding the nation’s social safety net and fighting climate change has been at the center of the political debate in Washington for weeks. In an exclusive report, analysts from leading rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service told Reuters that Biden’s package […]

Reuters was ahead of the competition with the news that Chile’s center-right President Sebastián Piñera had survived an impeachment vote in the Senate, which could have roiled the world’s top copper producer. The vote over allegations of irregularities in the sale of a mining firm had already passed the lower house and moved to a […]

Reuters was first with a pair of scoops that affected the oil market within hours of each other. First, Reuters reported exclusively on U.S. efforts to bring China, India, South Korea and Japan into a group that would simultaneously release oil supplies from their strategic reserves – a move widely seen as putting pressure on OPEC […]