TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda is expected to meet business leaders in Osaka, western Japan, and hold a news conference on Oct. 3, the central bank said on Friday. The BOJ governor usually visits Osaka once a year and delivers a speech to business leaders, which offers the bank’s assessment on the …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s export growth probably slowed in August, weighed down by weaker shipments to the U.S. as a temporary boost from Beijing’s tariff truce with its top consumer market fades. The threat of higher U.S. duties on Chinese goods rerouted via other markets and a high base of comparison from …
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By Jihoon Lee and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said on Friday that an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump to implement a trade deal with Japan that includes a lower 15% tariff on Japanese car imports is expected to impact its auto industry. South Korea is assessing the details of the …
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By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine annual inflation quickened to 1.5% in August from the prior month’s 0.9% rate, reflecting increases in the costs of housing, utilities and food and drinks, the statistics agency said on Friday. The latest inflation print was above the 1.3% forecast in a Reuters poll and the fastest …
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(Reuters) -OpenAI is set to produce its first artificial intelligence chip next year in partnership with U.S. semiconductor giant Broadcom, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. OpenAI plans to put the chip to use internally rather than make it available to external customers, the FT report said, citing one …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian investigators on Thursday named a former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, as a suspect in a corruption case about alleged improper laptop procurement and said he had been detained. An investigator at the attorney general’s office said Makarim would be detained for 20 days while the investigation …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending in July rose 1.4% from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Friday, short of the median market forecast for a 2.3% rise. On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending increased 1.7%, versus an estimated 1.3% rise. To view the data on the website of the Ministry of …
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By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist U.S. equity and bond prices rose on Thursday as soft U.S. jobs data boosted hopes for an interest rate cut from the Fed later this month. Whether that transpires could be determined by Friday’s …
By AJ Vicens and Raphael Satter DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korean hackers are saturating the cryptocurrency industry with credible-sounding job offers as part of their campaign to steal digital cash, according to new research, raw data, and interviews. The problem is becoming so common that job applicants now regularly screen recruiters for signs they might be …
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(Refiles to change media identifier, no changes to content of item) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday implementing the U.S.-Japan trade agreement, the White House said. “Under the Agreement, the United States will apply a baseline 15 percent tariff on nearly all Japanese imports entering the United States, alongside …
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