Business & EconomyUK’s Assura rejects $2 billion proposal from KKR, pension fundReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025(Reuters) – British healthcare real estate investment trust Assura has rejected a 1.56 billion pound ($1.96 billion) proposal from KKR...Read more
Business & EconomyTake Five: The art of diplomacyReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025LONDON (Reuters) – For traders, it’s a case of which way to look next with their screens flooded by headlines...Read more
Business & EconomyIndonesia president says new export measure to add $80 billion to FX reservesReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Monday signed a regulation requiring exporters of resources other than oil and gas...Read more
Business & EconomyJapan braces for BOJ to lift rates sooner and higherReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields...Read more
Business & EconomyGerman voters demand change as Europe’s biggest economy stallsReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025By Maria Martinez GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – Lars Baumguertel wants Germany’s politicians to get out their cheque books. The 58-year-old...Read more
Business & EconomyAsia shares cautiously higher, yen buoyed by upbeat GDPReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets crept higher on Monday as Hong Kong’s tech sector stole the...Read more
Business & EconomySouth Korea aims to secure 10,000 GPUs for national AI computing centreReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs)...Read more
World NewsM23 rebels advance into eastern Congo’s strategic city of BukavuReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025(Reuters) – Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advanced on Sunday into the centre of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, meeting...Read more
Business & EconomyYen jumps; Aussie, kiwi firm ahead of rate decisionsReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen rose on Monday in a boost from upbeat Japanese GDP data, while the...Read more
Business & EconomyUS decision to block Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal was ‘unjust political interference’, Ishiba saysReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by ReutersFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the decision by a United States government review board...Read more