S.Korea factory growth slows in March as output, export orders shrink - PMI

South Korea's factory activity slowed in March, as the economic fallout from the Ukraine war added strains to firms already struggling with supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures, a private-sector survey showed on Friday.

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01-04-2022

Japan's March factory activity speeds up as COVID impact fades -PMI

Japan's manufacturing activity grew at a faster pace from the prior month in March as domestic demand got a lift from the waning impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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01-04-2022

GameStop seeks share split amid renewed meme-stock hype

(Reuters) -Video game retailer GameStop Corp said on Thursday it would seek shareholder approval for a stock split, aiming to become the latest U.S. company to make it easier for retail investors to own its shares.

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31-03-2022

Lawsuit accusing 10 banks of rigging $23 trillion U.S. Treasury market is dismissed

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a long-running antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 of the world's largest banks of pursuing two interrelated conspiracies to suppress competition in the now $23.2 trillion market for U.S. Treasury securities.

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31-03-2022

U.S. stocks, bonds flash diverging signals as volatile first quarter ends

With the first quarter of 2022 over, the U.S. stock and bond markets appear to be conveying drastically different assessments of the growth outlook, leaving investors to decide which view will prevail.

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31-03-2022

GameStop seeks shareholder nod for stock split

Game retailer GameStop Corp said on Thursday it will seek shareholder approval to increase its number of shares and enable a stock split in the form of a dividend "to provide flexibility for future corporate needs".

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31-03-2022

Analysis-U.S. stocks, bonds flash diverging signals as volatile first quarter ends

With the first quarter of 2022 nearly over, the U.S. stock and bond markets appear to be conveying drastically different assessments of the growth outlook, leaving investors to decide which view will prevail.

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31-03-2022

Swiss watchmakers grapple with fallout of Russian crisis

Swiss watchmakers are gathering in Geneva this week for their first big industry event in three years, tackling the impact of sanctions on rich Russians arising from the war in Ukraine.

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31-03-2022

USDA corn plantings forecast falls below expectations

U.S. farmers intend to plant 89.490 million acres of corn in 2022, down 4% from last year and below the lowest in a range of trade expectations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. For soybeans, the USDA projected plantings at 90.955 million acres, up 4% from last year and above most analyst expectations.

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31-03-2022