By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s legal team is demanding that Twitter Inc turn over the names of employees responsible for calculating what percentage of the social media site’s users are bot and spam accounts, according to a source familiar with…
Confidence drains from UK housing market, RICS says
LONDON (Reuters) – Expectations for activity in Britain’s housing market have dried up quickly thanks to a worsening economic outlook and rising interest rates, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) …
With reshuffled cabinet, PM Kishida gets to work in choosing next BOJ head
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -With a cabinet reshuffle out of the way, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s search for the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor will intensify in coming months with a small but possible chance of a dark horse getting the job. …
UK coal mine decision delayed a second time – BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – A British government decision on whether to allow the construction of a new coal mine in Cumbria, northwest England, has been delayed for the second time in just over a month, the BBC reported on Wednesday, citing a government letter…
Stocks climb, dollar falls after inflation data
By SinĂ©ad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street equities rallied and the dollar tumbled after signs of sharply decelerating U.S. inflation prompted bets that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates at a slower pace than previously expected. Whi…
Coca-Cola bottler to detail costs of exiting Russia
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co’s bottler Coca Cola HBC AG will on Thursday detail the cost of stopping production and sales of Coke in Russia, a goal that has taken five months to reach as the company used up its existing supplie…
China military ‘completes tasks’ around Taiwan, plans regular patrols
By Martin Quin Pollard and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China’s military has “completed various tasks” around Taiwan but will conduct regular patrols, it said on Wednesday, potentially signalling an end to days of war games but also that Beijing…
U.S. SEC proposes boosting private fund disclosures on leverage, crypto
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed a rule to improve the quality of disclosures it receives from large hedge funds about their investment strategies and leverage. The rule, w…
UK consumer energy debt already at record levels – survey
By Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer energy debt is already at an all-time high, a survey showed on Wednesday, with six million households owing cash to providers even before bills leap in October and again in January. B…
Soccer-Wilson, Antonio support move to limit ‘taking the knee’
(Reuters) – Newcastle United striker Callum Wilson and West Ham United forward Michail Antonio backed the Premier League’s decision for teams to limit their pre-match anti-racism gesture of “taking the knee” to only some significant games this season. …