SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn has hit a hiring target of 100,000 new workers for its Zhengzhou plant in…
S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in…
Indonesia central bank hikes rates again, aims to ‘lower inflation expectations’
By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points…
Siemens stock surges after confident outlook and strong backlog
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Siemens shares surged on Thursday after the German technology and engineering group’s fourth quarter results…
Marketmind: Bear Hunt
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With the Federal Reserve still talking…
Polish rates may remain at current level for many months, says c.banker Maslowska
WARSAW (Reuters) – There is a chance that Polish interest rates could stay at their current levels for many months,…
Thyssenkrupp: no taboos on steel unit, no talks with Salzgitter on tie-up
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp is not ruling out a sale, spin-off or merger of its steel division to realise a…
Ukraine inflation to hit 30% by year-end – deputy cenbank governor
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Deputy Central Bank Governor Kateryna Rozhkova said on Thursday inflation in the war-torn country would hit…
J.P.Morgan predicts a mild U.S. recession next year
(Corrects to add story identifier) (Reuters) -J.P.Morgan economists predict a “mild recession” in the United States in the back half…
Euro zone Oct y/y inflation revised marginally lower, still record high
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation in October was marginally lower than previously reported in year-on-year terms but still at…