By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) – An Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges that the United States rejects as baseless appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to bring him home and said he was starting a seven-day hunger strike. Siamak Namazi made the plea in a letter …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian government bond yields are expected to fall, with the 10-year yield easing to 6.85% in the medium term, their lowest level since March, Citi Research said. “Bonds have so far lagged the move in swaps and are typically late to react to shifts in policy cycle. Nevertheless, bond yields are likely …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s top carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Monday said it was raising prices by an average 1.1% across its models, with effect from Jan. 16, prompted by cost pressures. In December, Maruti had said it would have to raise prices in January to pass on the impact from high inflation and cost pressures …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya, a close aide of incumbent chief Haruhiko Kuroda, is most likely to succeed him this spring, according to two-thirds of economists in a Reuters poll. Investors have closely followed the race for the position of next BOJ governor, looking for clues …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 15 ene (Reuters) – Tigres UANL remontó un gol en contra y goleó el domingo 4-1 al vigente campeón Pachuca con doblete del colombiano Luis Quiñones en la segunda jornada del torneo Clausura del fútbol mexicano. Con su segundo triunfo consecutivo, el club de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León llegó a …
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By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have to raise taxes if prices of crude fail to meet expectations this year. The price of Urals oil – Russia’s main export – has …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s new home prices fell again in December as COVID-19 outbreaks hurt demand, with Beijing expected to roll out more measures to help sustain the recovery after the dismantling of pandemic curbs last month brightened the outlook. New home prices dropped both in monthly and annual terms, with continued weak demand a constraint …
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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee may open marginally higher against the U.S. dollar on Monday, supported by a further uptick in Asian currencies after last week’s rally. The rupee was likely to open at 81.25 per dollar compared with 81.3250 in the previous session. The local currency last week jumped 1.7% …
(Reuters) – Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd said on Monday it had submitted a marketing authorisation application in Japan for its Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab, which was recently granted accelerated approval in the United States. The drug, developed in partnership with Biogen Inc , is an antibody that has been shown to remove sticky deposits of …
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(Corrects word in headline, paragraph 4 to fix timeline.) By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – One year on from the massive eruption of an underwater volcano in the South Pacific, the island nation of Tonga is still dealing with the damage to its coastal waters. When Hunga-Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai went off, it sent a shockwave around the …
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