MOSCOW, Jan 18 Reuters Consumer price inflation in Russia slowed to 0.15 in the week of Jan. 1016, compared with 0.24 in the first nine days of the year, the Rosstat federal statistics service said on Wednesday. Russia39;s annual inflation rate also slowed down to 11.57 as of Jan. 16 from 11.65 a week earlier, […]

SYDNEY, Jan 19 Reuters Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in December following an outsized gain the month before in a sign the redhot labour market might be cooling, though the jobless rate stayed near fivedecade lows. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS on Thursday showed net employment fell 14,600 in December from November, when […]

Jan 18 Reuters Keen to buttress margins and appease investor concerns at a time of slowing sales growth, big U.S. technology firms are expected to whittle away at their bloated workforce and costs through the next few months, reversing pandemicera excesses, analysts said. Each of America39;s five largest tech companies, though, are expected to report […]

SHANGHAI, Jan 19 Reuters China is expected to keep benchmark lending rates unchanged for a fifth month in January, a Reuters survey showed, although analysts think cuts next month are probable after the central bank pledged steps to boost a COVIDravaged economy. The imminent golden week holiday, the decision by the People39;s Bank of China […]

LONDON, Jan 19 Reuters More Brexitrelated relocations from London and rise in trading increased the number of bankers earning more than a million euros a year in the European Union by more than 40 in 2021, the bloc39;s banking watchdog said on Thursday. The European Banking Authority EBA said the number of bankers earning over […]