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Thyssenkrupp assessing Carlyle's bid for marine unit
(Reuters) -Thyssenkrupp on Tuesday said it is evaluating the potential partial sale of its marine unit to investment firm Carlyle. "With the active involvement of Carlyle, we are now taking the necessary next step and starting the phase of an ...
Bitcoin slides 5% as profit-taking sweeps crypto
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell by as much as 5.7% on Tuesday in its largest one-day drop in two weeks, as a wave of selling hit cryptocurrencies and other risk assets, such as stocks. The price was last down 5.25% at $63,806, having ...
AstraZeneca to buy Fusion Pharma for $2 billion in cash
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it will buy clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $2 billion in cash to boost its oncology portfolio. The drugmaker will pay $21 per Fusion share, a premium of more than ...
ECB ready in June to discuss rate cuts, de Guindos says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will be in position to discuss an interest rate cut in June, Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday, joining a long list of policymakers putting the June 6 meeting on the table for a ...
BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference
(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus. The shift ...
Top Japan banks weigh first rate hikes on ordinary deposits in 17 years after BOJ
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group said on Tuesday it plans to raise interest rates on ordinary yen deposits for the first time in 17 years after the Bank of Japan ended eight years of its unorthodox negative interest ...
Swiss National Bank sold forex worth nearly $150 billion in 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank sold foreign currency worth 132.9 billion Swiss francs ($149.51 billion) in 2023, the central bank said on Tuesday, showing its increased emphasis on supporting the Swiss franc as a shield against ...
Macquarie and Canada's PSP start AirTrunk data centre sales process, source says
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Macquarie Group and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board are starting a sales process for their AirTrunk data centre business, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Analysis-Chinese developer Vanke's credit pursuit clouded by clamour for collateral
By Engen Tham, Ziyi Tang and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A rare Beijing directive to help Vanke beat a liquidity crisis has left lenders scrabbling for the assets that the state-backed developer has proposed for collateral, ...
Cryptoverse: AI tokens outpace record-breaking bitcoin
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - The artificial intelligence boom has hit the crypto market with a bang. Coins linked to AI-focused crypto projects have jumped alongside tech stocks like Nvidia, driven by insatiable investor ...