By Charlotte Greenfield, Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In February 2020, Nasreen and her husband Tofik were living in Shiv Vihar, an upcoming neighbourhood in northeast New Delhi. But that month, riots erupted targeting Muslims like them and Tofik was pushed by a mob from the second floor of the building where they lived, according …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The Taipei-listed shares of TSMC hit a record high on Friday after the world’s largest contract chipmaker posted forecast-beating third-quarter earnings and gave a rosy outlook for strong artificial intelligence (AI) demand. Shares closed up 4.8% at T$1,085 ($33.77), surpassing the previous record of T$1,080 on July 11. That gives TSMC a …
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(Reuters) -Kotak Mahindra Bank will buy Standard Chartered Bank’s personal loan business in India, the Indian lender said on Friday, leaving the U.K.-based company to focus on its wealth and investment banking business in Asia’s third-largest economy. StanChart’s personal loan book had an outstanding of 41 billion rupees ($488 million) as of Sept. 30, Kotak …
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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African click-and-collect company Pargo is exploring an expansion into the rest of Africa, its CEO said in an interview, betting on e-commerce growth on the continent. Africa is forecast to surpass half a billion e-commerce users by 2025, having shown a steady 17% compound annual growth rate of online …
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By Hritam Mukherjee (Reuters) -Indian shares snapped a three-day losing streak on Friday as gains in Axis Bank lifted heavyweight financials, although foreign fund outflows dragged down the benchmarks to a third weekly loss. The Nifty 50 index closed 0.42% higher to 24,854.05 points as of 3:30 p.m. IST, after hitting a two-month low earlier …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist and Indian critic in New York City, with the FBI warning against such a retaliation aimed at a U.S. resident. An indictment of Vikash Yadav was ordered to be …
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By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone inflation could ease more quickly than previously thought and economic growth is also likely to remain weak, ECB policymakers and fresh surveys said on Friday, reinforcing the case for a rapid pace of interest rate cuts in the months ahead. The ECB lowered interest rates …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Intrum, Europe’s biggest debt collector, said on Friday it will file for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States as it seeks to restructure its own finances. The company has struggled as the pandemic, an energy crisis and two-decade-high interest rates failed to unleash a wave of loan defaults, with concerns …
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By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Senior British bankers will be able to cash in bonuses up to three years sooner under proposals unveiled by the Bank of England on Thursday, as it pushes ahead with reforming tough credit crisis-era rules to boost competition. One year after British regulators scrapped a decade-long cap …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada plans to give Ukraine a C$64.8 million ($47 million) military aid package that will include small arms, ammunition, and protective gear, Defense Minister Bill Blair said in a statement on Friday. The aid package, which also allocates money for training Ukrainian troops, is part of a C$500 million military funding committed …
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