By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial watchdog on Friday proposed changing how special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) can […]
EU to charge Apple over its in-app payment system rules -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Antitrust regulators will on Friday charge iPhone Apple with anti-competitive behaviour by not allowing developers to inform […]
Alibaba freezes executive pay amid China’s curbs on big tech -sources
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has frozen pay for senior executives in 2021 and is instead giving […]
Nigel Farage: Brexiteer, scourge of the woke – and eco-warrior?
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Love him or hate him, it’s hard to accuse Nigel Farage of being boring […]
China toughens war on financial scams ahead of new fraud rules
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has ramped up a crackdown on financial scams, from cryptocurrency swindles to bogus patriotic fundraising that […]
China’s Ant-backed MYBank plans to expand rural reach
BEIJING (Reuters) -MYBank, the online bank backed by China’s Ant Group [688688.SS], said on Friday it aimed to serve 2,000 […]
Japan’s ANA forecasts return to profit as vaccine rollouts help revive air travel
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s biggest airline, ANA Holdings Inc, on Friday forecast a return to profit this business year, bouncing back […]
U.S. SEC probes VW ‘Voltswagen’ marketing stunt -source
(In April 29 story, fixes typographical error in reporting credits) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
Swiss Re swings to Q1 net profit, despite COVID death claims
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Swiss Re swung to a net profit in the first three months of the year in figures […]
Tax cut drives biggest jump in UK house prices since 2004
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices jumped by 2.1% in April, their biggest monthly rise in more than […]