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Ping An seeks to sell $2.1 billion stake in Autohome -sources
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services portal Autohome, three people familiar with ...
Nov 11, 2021
Vietnam seeking to fix labour shortage soon – PM
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's government is aiming to fix a coronavirus-induced labour shortage by end of this year or early in 2022, its prime minister said on Friday, as it seeks to revive its economy...
Nov 11, 2021
U.S. journalist Fenster sentenced to 11 years in jail in Myanmar – lawyer
(Reuters) - American journalist Danny Fenster has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a court in Myanmar, his lawyer Than Zaw Aung said on Friday. Fenster, the managing editor of online magazine F...
Nov 11, 2021
Exclusive-In strategy shift, Louis Vuitton considers first duty free store in China’s Hainan
By Sophie Yu, Mimosa Spencer and Silvia Aloisi BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) - Louis Vuitton is considering opening its first duty free store in China on the emerging luxury island hub of Hainan, according ...
Nov 11, 2021
SBI blasts advisory firms’ support of Shinsei poison pill defence
TOKYO (Reuters) - SBI Holdings Inc on Friday said proxy advisory firms' support of Shinsei Bank Ltd's poison pill defence against its $1.1 billion takeover bid lacks sufficient logic. In response to t...
Nov 11, 2021
Pressure mounts as U.N. climate negotiations enter final day
By Kate Abnett and Jake Spring GLASGOW (Reuters) - Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow are expected to lock horns on Friday for what is scheduled to be the final day of bargaining over h...
Nov 11, 2021
Northeastern Chinese port city battles growing COVID-19 cluster
BEIJING (Reuters) - A growing COVID-19 cluster in China's Dalian has spurred the northeastern port city to limit outbound travel, cut offline school classes and close a few cultural venues after being...
Nov 11, 2021
Canada temporarily withdraws non-essential personnel from embassy in Haiti
(Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it was temporarily withdrawing non-essential personnel from its embassy in Haiti, citing a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country....
Nov 11, 2021
Momentum grows for green hydrogen projects in Tasmania
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum said on Friday it has acquired land for a proposed hydrogen plant in Tasmania, one of three proposed hydrogen projects the island state is promoting to take ad...
Nov 11, 2021
Malaysia’s economy shrinks 4.5% as Q3 worse than forecast
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's economy slipped back into contraction in the third quarter, shrinking 4.5% from a year earlier, the central bank said on Friday, as fresh COVID-19 lockdowns during ...
Nov 11, 2021
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