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SINGAPORE -HSBC Holdings said on Thursday it was launching a $1 billion lending fund to invest in female-owned businesses over the next 12 months. “The level of funding received over …

By Scott Murdoch and Clare Jim HONG KONG – Developer Sunac China missed the deadline for coupon payments on a $742 million offshore bond and said on Thursday it does …

LONDON – British consumer spending on credit and debit cards rebounded last week after dipping around the Easter holidays, while restaurant reservations also grew, the Office for National Statistics said …

NEW DELHI – India’s economic growth rate is likely to slow if the central bank hikes interest rates, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan told CNBC TV18 on Thursday. India’s central bank …

By Julie Zhu and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG – JD Technology, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company JD.Com, has been forced to delay an up to $2 billion Hong …

By Isla Binnie and Susanna Twidale MADRID/LONDON – Major Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has agreed to invest up to $1 billion in a new offshore wind business …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO -East Asian economic leaders warned on Thursday of risks to the region’s outlook and pledged to remain committed to market stability and sound fiscal policy. Economic …

SEOUL – South Korea unveiled plans on Thursday to pay more than $20 billion to small businesses and self-employed people to make up for losses due to COVID restrictions. The …

(Reuters) – Daily requests for Russian gas deliveries to Slovakia via Ukraine have fallen in line with lower deliveries through Ukraine, where one route remains suspended, pipeline operator data showed …

MUMBAI -India’s financial crime fighting agency asked a court on Thursday to re-instate a freeze on $725 million in the Indian bank accounts of Xiaomi Corp as it investigates fund …

BEIJING – The industrialised Chinese coastal city of Wuxi is offering Nobel Prize winners up to 10 million yuan ($1.48 million) in housing subsidies to attract top talent in a …

(Reuters) – Oil major BP has submitted bids to develop two offshore wind power leases in the Netherlands, it said on Thursday, as the company increases its focus on renewable …

(Reuters) – Foreign investors were net buyers of Japanese stocks in the week ended May 6 as some investors scooped up shares in banking and commodity-related sectors, despite a sell-off …

LONDON -Rolls-Royce traded in line with expectations in the first four months of the year, the engine manufacturer said on Thursday, helped by a gradual return to flying and increased …

TOKYO – Japan’s service sector sentiment index rose in April for a second month, a Cabinet Office survey showed on Thursday. The survey of workers such as taxi drivers, hotel …

By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – Germany’s Merck KGaA said it expects earnings growth of up to 9% this year, mainly driven by drugmakers’ demand for its laboratory gear business, but …

BERLIN – Thyssenkrupp and Japan’s NSK are considering forming an automotive joint venture, the German conglomerate said on Thursday, as it continues to explore new ownership models for its key …

By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI – Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp faces legal headaches in India as a federal financial crime-fighting agency and tax authorities investigate its …

(Reuters) – Soft drinks bottler Coca-Cola HBC AG said on Thursday it will evaluate all options for its Russian operations and have a smaller presence in the country, focussing on …

The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public’s assistance in locating 39-year-old Missing Person Justin Banks-McDowell. He was last seen at 11:45 P.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022, from the Marriott …

Glen Ridge, N.J. – Ten days after New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin reauthorized high-speed police pursuits, two people were killed and one was injured during an attempted traffic stop …

By Richa Naidu LONDON -Philip Morris International’s $16 billion bid for smaller rival Swedish Match highlights the urgency among cigarette makers to tap new and potentially less harmful alternatives as …

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – The man suspected of killing 29-year-old Alecia Perreault in a Seaside Heights motel room on May 1st has been indicted for murder, according to Ocean County …

NEW YORK, NY – A 45-year-old man was slashed and stabbed after getting into a verbal altercation with another in the area of 8th Avenue and West 39th Street in …

FELTON, DE – Police in Felton are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning that sent multiple rounds into an Ironbound Road home. The Delaware State Police reported that at approximately 10:30 …