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Formula One teams up with Lagardere in China push

FILE PHOTO – Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain gets the checkered flag to win the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, Sunday, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Andy Wong/Pool Formula One is teaming up with mark... More »

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Asian stocks start new month on firm footing, bonds under pressure

FILE PHOTO: Employees of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) work at the bourse in Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato Asian stocks held two-years highs on Monday, starting the new month on a solid footing after two quarters of gains while expectatio... More »

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Asia stocks edge up on optimism over global growth, dollar soft

FILE PHOTO: Passersby walk past in front of stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato Asian shares edged up on Monday on optimism for global growth, while the dollar was on the defensive as a subdued U.S.... More »

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Asian shares flat, stay on track for a winning week

A stock quotation board displaying Japan’s Nikkei average is seen before a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2016 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian shares flatlined on Friday but remained on trac... More »

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StanChart brings in senior talent to fuel U.S. expansion

Torry Berntsen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking of the Americas region for Standard Chartered Bank, poses in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Standard Chartered (STAN.L) aims to expand ... More »

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Asia shares dragged under by U.S. tech slide, dollar firm

FILE PHOTO: Men look at an electronic board showing stock market information at a brokerage house in Beijing, China January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Asian stocks fell on Monday, with electronics heavyweights such as Samsung Electronics knocke... More »

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The Maute brothers: Southeast Asia`s Islamist “time bomb”

A man identified by Philippines Intelligence officers as Abdullah Maute is seen in this still image taken from video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on June 7, 2017. Armed Forces of the Philippines/Handout via REUTERS TV On his Facebook profile... More »

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Singapore confirms two new Zika virus cases

A member of a pest control team shows a container of mosquito larvae that they collected during their inspection at Zika clusters in Singapore September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Singapore on Friday confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infecti... More »

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Pound nears two-week high before UK vote- euro steady ahead of ECB

FILE PHOTO: A bank employee counts pound notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/File Photo Sterling traded near a two-week high on Thursday, supported by expectations that Prime Minister Theresa May’s party will wi... More »

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Asian stocks on edge before Comey, ECB and UK election

People walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian shares wobbled on Thursday as investors braced for any surprises from the UK elections, the European Central Bank’s p... More »

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Some Sri Lankan banks stop buying Qatar Riyal

Some Sri Lankan banks stopped buying Qatar Riyal on Tuesday, saying their counterpart banks in Singapore advised them not to accept the currency a day after the Arab world’s biggest powers cut ties with Qatar. More »

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Dollar hits seven-month low, stocks, oil retreat as caution reigns

Women holding parasols walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average rate outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Escalating tensions in the Middle East, the impending testimony of the former FBI director, British el... More »

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Asia stocks drift down from 2-year highs, pound nurses losses

A man cycles in front of electronic boards showing Japan’s Nikkei average (R) and the Dow Jones average (L top) outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian stocks handed back earlier modest gains and drifted lower on Monday... More »

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Dollar edges up, markets take North Korea missile test in stride

An employee of a bank counts US dollar notes at a branch in Hanoi, Vietnam May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kham The dollar edged higher against a basket of currencies on Monday, moving away from last week’s 6-1/2-month lows and shrugging off news of North Korea’s latest... More »

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As Fed raises rates, aim is not to roil markets, Williams says

FILE PHOTO – John C. Williams, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. on May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo The U.S. economy is at or near ... More »

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Saudi Arabia, Russia agree oil output cuts until March 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih (L) and Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak attend a joint briefing in Beijing, China May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s two top oil producers, agreed on Monday to extend oil ... More »

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Oil up on falling U.S. inventories, Saudi cuts to Asia

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Oil prices rose on Thursday, with global benchmark Brent crude trading comfortably above $50 a barrel after a fall in U.S. ... More »

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Oil price jump pulls stocks higher

People are seen behind an electronic board showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian stocks rose on Thursday, getting a lift from a record high close on MSCI’s global stocks benchmark ... More »

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Boeing suspends 737 MAX flights due to engine issue

A new Boeing 737MAX sits parked under a canopy at Boeing Field after coming off the production line in Seattle, Washington, May 9, 2017. Picture taken May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Redmond Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Wednesday it had temporarily halted test flights ... More »

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Equities slip after weak U.S. GDP- euro strengthens

People walk through the lobby of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File photo World stock markets dipped on Friday, as U.S. equities retreated after a soft reading on first-quarter economic growth, while the... More »

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Red Bull heir a no-show in deadly hit-and-run case

Director General of the Prosecution office of the Bangkok South Criminal Court, Suthi Kittisuppaporn speaks to members of media as he arrives at the South Bangkok prosecutor’s office in Bangkok, Thailand, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom An heir to th... More »

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Oil prices fall on lingering oversupply concerns

FILE PHOTO: A Total petrol station is seen in Libreville, Gabon, February 2, 2017. Picture taken February 2, 2017 REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a general sentiment of globally bloated markets, though traders s... More »

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Asian shares pull back from highs on doubts over Trump`s tax plan

People walk past an electronic board displaying various Asian countries’ stock price index and world major index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Asian shares eased from a near two-year high on Thursday as a l... More »

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Global foundation launches value-based healthcare pilots

Key healthcare stakeholders, led by the World Economic Forum, plan pilot programs this year to show the value of a new model for healthcare that would track and pay for treatment based on how well it works rather than the volume of care. More »

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Euro jumps, shares firm on French election relief

FILE PHOTO: Detail of a European map is seen on the face of a euro coin in London, Britain, January 31, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo The euro briefly vaulted to five-month peaks on Monday after the market’s favored candidate won through the first rou... More »

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Asian stocks recoup losses in cautious trade- oil supports

A logo of Japan Exchange Group Inc. is seen next to a woman at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo Asian stocks erased early losses and edged higher on Thursday as steadying commodity prices, especiall... More »

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Asian shares, Korean won head south on geopolitical worries

A currency dealer works in front of electronic boards showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (L) and the exchange rate between the South Korean won and the U.S. dollar at a bank in Seoul, South Korea, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan... More »

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Treasury yields down, stocks fall on global risks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Wall Street indexes fell along with U.S. Treasury yields on Thursday on safe-haven demand spurred by geopolitical worries, and the U.S. ... More »

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Oil prices rise on potential extension of output cuts

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Oil prices rose on Wednesday, putting crude futures on track for their longest streak of gains since August 2016, as Saudi Arabia was reported to b... More »

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Skittish investors seek safe harbor in yen, gold, bonds

A woman walks past electronic boards showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Investors ducked for cover on Wednesday as a drumbeat of alarming geopolitical news sent the safe-haven yen and gold to five... More »

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Oil prices fall on bloated U.S. market, but other regions tighten

FILE PHOTO: A man pumps petrol for his car at a petrol station in Hanoi, Vietnam December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Oil prices fell on Thursday as record U.S. crude inventories underscored that markets remain bloated, although traders said there were s... More »

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Asian stocks slip, investors on knife edge for Trump-Xi meeting

People walk past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Stocks fell and bonds rose in Asia on Thursday, with risk appetite soured by signs the Federal Reserv... More »

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Developing Asia`s 2017 growth seen as weakest in 16 years: ADB

Workers work at a construction site in front of Shanghai’s financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Developing Asia is on track to post its slowest annual growth in 16 years this year as it adjusts to China’s rebalancing... More »

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Myanmar trains midwives to tackle maternal death rate

A midwife listens to a baby’s movement through a pregnant woman’s belly in Central Women’s Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Pyay Kyaw Aung Myanmar is training up hundreds of midwives in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in chil... More »

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Asia shares retreat from nearly two-year peak, dollar firms

A woman walks past electronic board showing stock prices and Japanese Yen’s exchange rate outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian shares turned lower on Thursday after earlier briefly nudging u... More »

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Asian stocks slide as fresh Trump jitters damage risk sentiment

A man walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average (top L), the Dow Jones average (top R) and the stock averages of other countries’ outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian stocks posted their bigges... More »

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Oil prices fall on bloated U.S. crude storage

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as rising crude stocks in the United States underscored an ongoing global fuel supply overhang despite ... More »

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Oil prices dip as doubts remain over OPEC supply cuts

An oil derrick and wind turbines stand above the plains north of Amarillo, Texas, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Oil prices dipped on Friday as the market looked for clues on how effectively OPEC production cuts are working to absorb a global supp... More »

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Asian stocks mark time, waiting for clearer view on U.S. rates

A man (3rd L) looks at an electronic stock quotation board as passers-by walk past, outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian stocks consolidated recent gains on Wednesday before a U.S. central bank policy meeting that coul... More »

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Asian shares edge up but caution prevails ahead of Fed

People walk past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian shares rose on Monday, taking their cue from gains on Wall Street after strong U.S. job data, t... More »

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Smart condo conundrum: Talk to appliances, or text them?

CEO of Unified Inbox Toby Ruckert demonstrates how he uses his smartphone to control electrical appliances in a simulation software in Singapore March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su In today’s so-called smart home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or t... More »

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Dollar hits seven-week high versus yen, focus on U.S. jobs data

A man counts U.S dollar bills at a money exchange office in central Cairo, Egypt, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The dollar firmed to seven-week highs against the yen on Friday, as investors awaited U.S. jobs data ahead of next week’s Federal Rese... More »

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Dollar firm in Asia, resource shares on the run

A man stands in front of electronic boards showing stock prices and exchange rate between Japanese Yen and U.S dollar outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The dollar stood firm in Asia on Thursday and bond yields spiked... More »

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Stocks drop as markets wary of Fed, geopolitical tensions

People walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai U.S. stock futures dropped and Asian shares were on the defensive on Monday as investors weighed the near-certain pro... More »

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Dollar firm, shares slip as Fed rate rise looms

A man walks past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The dollar clung to broad gains on Friday as the risk of an imminent U.S. interest rate hike slugged sovereign bonds and comm... More »

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Bangladesh to ban cold pill chemical to fight meth surge

Bangladesh is to ban the import of the cold-medicine component pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in illicit methamphetamine production, anti-narcotics officials said, after purchases spiked in tandem with a boom in the illegal drug “ya ba”. More »

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DBS CEO sees wealth management business as key growth driver

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in Singapore March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su Singapore lender DBS Group is expanding its wealth management business and expects the segment will account for as much as a fifth of its revenues in a fe... More »

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Oil drops for second day- market awaits U.S. stocks data

Chevron Corp’s refinery is shown in Richmond, California August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo Crude oil lost more ground on Wednesday with rising U.S. oil output adding pressure on the market, although OPEC production cuts continued to offer sup... More »

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Financials push Asian stocks down for second straight day

Men walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian stocks declined on Monday, led by financials, as a renewed drop in sovereign bond yields on political concerns pro... More »

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Sanofi and Lonza to build new $285 million Swiss biologics facility

FILE PHOTO – The logo of French drugmaker Sanofi is seen in front of the company’s headquarters in Paris, France, October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo French drugmaker Sanofi and Swiss manufacturer Lonza will invest 270 million euros ($285 m... More »

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Crude oil rises after report shows drop in stockpiles

FILE PHOTO – A worker fills a tank with subsidized fuel at a fuel station in Jakarta April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Beawiharta Oil futures climbed nearly 1 percent on Thursday after data showed a surprise decline in U.S. crude stocks as imports fell, supporting the v... More »

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Global stocks top 2016 gains, dollar up before Fed minutes

A trader walks past the German DAX Index board on the trading floor at the Frankfurt stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday, pushing gains for the year above those for all of ... More »

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Global stocks hit record highs, dollar rises on rate-hike view

A woman walks past the London Stock Exchange building in the City of London, Britain, January 16 , 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville Stock prices across the world climbed to record highs on Tuesday on news euro zone business activity accelerated to a six-year high, ... More »

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Crude prices rise as investors bet big on oil strength

Oil pump jacks are seen next to a strawberry field in Oxnard, California February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Crude futures rose for a second day on Tuesday, with data showing hedge funds are betting big across oil markets following OPEC production cuts a... More »

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Asia stocks consolidate recent gains- China shines

An investor walks in front of an electronic board showing stock information on the first trading day after the New Year holiday at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Asian stocks held ground on Tuesday though Chinese equiti... More »