BENGALURU (Reuters) -Shares of Bajaj Finance fell as much as 8.3% on Thursday, a day after the Indian shadow lender reported moderate growth in new loans and assets under management (AUM) during the third quarter. New loans booked in the quarter ended Dec. 31 were up 5.4% year-on-year, against a 7.9% increase in the second …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Retail sales of vehicles in India could take a hit in the final quarter of the fiscal year, an automobile dealers’ body said on Thursday while reporting a more than 5% year-on-year fall in sales for December at 1.62 million units. India has mandated automakers to comply with stricter fuel efficiency norms from …
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By Steve Holland, Ted Hesson and Dave Graham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela under a program paired with expulsions of people from those countries caught at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. and Mexican officials said. The expanded humanitarian program would build …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Democratic countries should make it clear the “severe economic consequences” China would face should it move against self-governed Taiwan, the former NATO secretary-general said during a visit to the island on Thursday. China, which claims Taiwan as its own despite strong objections of the democratic island, has been ramping up pressure on …
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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The eagerly-anticipated Fed minutes arrived and failed to surprise, with markets broadly shrugging off the hawkish tone and still pining for a rate cut sometime this year. Asian shares continue their bright start to the year with investors pinning their hopes …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police arrested a woman on Thursday on charges of entering and remaining in areas of Syria controlled by Islamic State, just over two months after the government repatriated 17 relatives of dead or jailed members of the group from Syria. Federal and New South Wales state police from the Joint Counter …
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By Yantoultra Ngui and Scott Murdoch SINGAPORE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indonesian state-owned fertiliser company PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Jakarta this year that could raise about $500 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. At least two banks have been tapped for the deal which will …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 5.89% in December from a year earlier, in line with analyst forecasts, but above the previous month driven by higher energy and food prices, government data showed on Thursday. The index compared with a forecast for a 5.9% rise in December in a Reuters poll …
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(Reuters) -Eight members of a family including five minors were found dead of gunshot wounds in a southwestern Utah home on Wednesday, a tragedy that officials said devastated the small town of Enoch City. Police were summoned to the home for a welfare check after the family had not been heard from for an extended …
LIMA (Reuters) -Police used tear gas to disperse protesters trying to approach Peru’s Congress headquarters on Wednesday, as thousands took to the streets two weeks after a wave of deadly protests over the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. By early evening, there were no reports of clashes with police, who closed off access to …
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