Truckmaker AB Volvo is ending all its short-time working schemes in Sweden effective immediately, Swedish public service television SVT reported on Friday.
TOKYO: Japan has pushed back by nine months a July 2021 deadline for cities to submit bids to host casinos amid delays in preparation and a downturn in operators' business conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japan Tourism Agency said on Friday (Oct 9). The government sees the...
A group of seven major central banks including the U.S. Federal Reserve set out on Friday how a digital currency could look like to help catch up with China's "trail blazing" and leapfrog private projects like Facebook Inc's Libra stablecoin.
Orange Belgium , a subsidiary of France's Orange , said on Friday it had selected Nokia's radio gear to renew its existing networks and roll out its future 5G network.
LONDON: Britain's economy expanded by a much lower-than-expected 2.1 per cent in August from July as the country tries to recover from its record slump during the coronavirus lockdown, official data showed on Friday (Oct 9). Economists polled by Reuters had expected growth of 4.6 per cent in ...
London Stock Exchange said on Friday it had accepted a 4.325 billion euro (US$5.09 billion) cash offer by pan-European bourse operator Euronext for the Milan stock exchange.
Wall Street banks are on track for a record year of revenue from trading U.S. government-backed mortgage debt, industry sources told Reuters, amid a surge in demand - from the Federal Reserve in its battle against the pandemic, and from investors hunting yield.
Phuket's go-go dancers sit playing on their phones in empty bars lining deserted streets as the Thai tourist island reels from the ravages of the pandemic with little sign of any recovery soon.
Five newly launched Chinese funds targeting Ant Group's upcoming mega stock listing raised 60 billion yuan (US$8.93 billion) cumulatively from more than 10 million retail investors, selling out within days, the funds' distributor said.
TOKYO: Japan has no plans now to issue central bank digital currencies but must deepen research on the possibility, the government's top spokesman said on Friday. Major central banks across the world are studying the idea of issuing digital currencies amid the popularity of Bitcoin and other ...
