Month: December 2023

Reuters exclusively reported that Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) is closing in on a deal with Austria’s OMV (OMVV.VI) to combine two entities in which the companies own stakes to create a chemicals giant, two people with knowledge of the talks said. In July OMV said it had entered into talks to merge petrochemicals […]

Reuters exclusively reported that Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation.  The post Austria stalls Russian sanctions over Raiffeisen blacklisting  appeared first on Reuters News […]

Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for such threats, people familiar with the matter said.  The post […]

Reuters exclusively reported that Argentina is set to receive financing from the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) to make a $913 million payment due to the IMF next week, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Argentina, whose $44 billion International Monetary Fund programme makes it the largest debtor to […]

Reuters exclusively reported that Apple (AAPL.O) has offered to let rivals access its tap-and-go mobile payments systems used for mobile wallets, three people familiar with the matter said, a move that could settle EU antitrust charges and stave off a possible hefty fine. The EU competition enforcer last year charged Apple with curbing rivals’ access […]

Reuters exclusively reported that The British and U.S. governments imposed sanctions on two Russian hackers on Thursday for what Britain’s foreign office said was a sustained but failed attempt to interfere in politics by Russian cyber spies. A hacking group cybersecurity researchers dubbed “Cold River”, working on behalf of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), targeted […]

Reuters was ahead to report that Sonkichi Sakihara recalls chancing upon some of the last refugees to arrive on Yonaguni: four men who had sailed more than 2,000 kilometres from Vietnam to reach Japan’s westernmost inhabited island. It was 1977.  The post Japan’s frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack  appeared […]

Reuters exclusively reported that Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called “election interference”.  The post China lures hundreds of Taiwan politicians with cheap trips before election  appeared first on Reuters News Agency.

Reuters exclusively reported two significant stories in the aerospace sector on Thursday about U.S. plane maker Boeing. Reuters started the day breaking news about Boeing closing in on a Thai Airways plane order and then later in the day filed an exclusive about a two-month delay in the 737 production ramp-up.  The post Boeing signals […]

Reuters exclusively reported that The U.S., EU and UK are pressuring Liberia, the Marshall Islands and Panama to increase oversight of ships carrying their flags to ensure they do not transport Russian oil sold above the price cap.   The post U.S., allies pressure Liberia, Marshall Islands, Panama over Russia oil sanctions appeared first on Reuters […]