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Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa's cocoa crisis deepens
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and Joe Bavier SAMREBOI, Ghana (Reuters) - Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Janet Gyamfi ...
Canadian dollar weakens, benchmark yield climbs
The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed. The loonie was trading 0% lower at C$1.357 to the greenback, or 73.69 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3567 to 1.3613.
Canada's GDP outperforms Jan growth forecast, likely grew 0.4% in Feb
By Promit Mukherjee and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's gross domestic product in January increased 0.6%, the fastest growth rate in a year and higher than forecasts, and the economy likely expanded 0.4% in February, data showed on ...
Exclusive-China commerce minister to head to Europe to make EV case
PARIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's commerce minister will travel to Europe in April for discussions about the European Commission's investigation into whether China's electric vehicle industry has benefited from unfair subsidies, four people ...
US fourth-quarter growth revised up; weekly jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the fourth quarter, lifted by strong consumer spending and business investment in nonresidential structures like factories. Gross domestic product increased at a ...
UK court decides $10 billion jet dispute to be heard in London, not Moscow
LONDON (Reuters) - A $10 billion battle between reinsurers and aircraft leasing companies seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia should be heard in London rather than Moscow, London's High Court ruled on Thursday. Aircraft ...
UBS flags commercial real estate downturn as a top risk
By Noele Illien ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS flagged on Thursday the downturn in commercial real estate markets as one of the "top and emerging risks" facing the Swiss bank, as higher borrowing costs and a post-pandemic slump in demand for office ...
Japan PM Kishida says appropriate for BOJ to keep easy policy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday it was appropriate for the central bank to maintain accomodative monetary conditions. The government will retain close coordination with the Bank of Japan to ...
Canadian Solar denies patent infringement claims filed by Maxeon
(Reuters) - Solar technology firm Canadian Solar on Thursday denied allegations of patent infringement by Singapore-based Maxeon Solar related to TOPCon solar cell technology. Earlier this week, Maxeon filed a lawsuit against Canadian Solar in ...
About half of Canadians adjusting retirement plans in light of increasing costs of living: survey
If more expensive everything, heavy interest rates and growing financial stresses have forced you to alter your retirement plans, you’re not alone. A new survey from Narrative Research unveiled about half of the 1,230 respondents (46 per cent) have ...