Notizia

New York has extended its lead among the world's top financial centres, with runner up London losing ground to increasingly competitive rivals in the United States and Asia, the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) showed on Thursday.

Euro zone business activity has been stronger than expected this month, a survey showed on Thursday, although prices also rose at a record pace, likely adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Mineral exploration company KoBold Metals, backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, said on Thursday it would begin drilling in Greenland for critical materials used in electric vehicles.

BERLIN (Reuters) -Daimler Truck expects little impact on its business in 2022 from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the truck and bus maker said on Thursday, forecasting revenue growth of at least 14% and returns rising to 7%-9%.

Tokyo prosecutors have arrested SMBC Nikko Securities Vice President Toshihiro Sato for alleged market manipulation, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.

Investors stayed bearish on most emerging Asian currencies and turned short on Thailand's baht for the first time in three months, as uncertainty from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and inflationary risks remained, a Reuters poll found on Thursday.

Lloyd's of London faces major claims this year from the conflict in Ukraine, but this will not create solvency difficulties, the commercial insurance market said on Thursday.

Daimler Truck reported an adjusted return on sales of 6.1% in 2021, recovering from its losses in 2020 but still at the lower end of its outlook as raw material prices and supply chain troubles weighed, the company said on Thursday.

UBS and Credit Suisse have made further progress in how they would stabilise and restructure themselves in a financial crisis, Swiss financial watchdog FINMA said on Thursday.