Japan August output slips but seen rising on exports, domestic demand
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output slid 0.7 percent in August after a hefty gain in the previous month, but analysts see factory activity and the broader economy on track for a steady recovery backed by exports and firm domestic demand.
Japan August retail sales rise 1.1 percent
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales rose 1.1 percent in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, in a sign that consumer spending is gaining some momentum.
Japan September PMI shows manufacturing expanding at fastest since 2011 quake
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturing activity expanded in September at the fastest pace since a record earthquake and nuclear disaster in early 2011, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting the economy has been able to stage a full recovery due to st…
LOT airline Boeing Dreamliner forced to land in Iceland
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Poland’s LOT airline had to land unexpectedly in Iceland on Sunday due to a fault in its airplane identification system, a spokeswoman for the airline said on Sunday.
Roiled by U.S. & Italian politics, safe-havens gain
SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures and the dollar came under pressure on Monday as a shutdown of the U.S. government seemed increasingly likely, though the euro had political troubles of its own as the Italian government teetered on the edge of coll…
Stock futures fall as government shutdown seems likely
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures fell on Sunday as a last-minute deal to resolve the budget battle in Washington appeared less likely, making a government shutdown more likely.
Analysis: New trial for Boeing as Norwegian demands 787 repairs
PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The brochure for Boeing Co’s aircraft repair service makes a simple assertion: “No one knows Boeing airplanes better than Boeing.”
China’s grand makeover plan a work in progress; fuzzy on implementation
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s leaders will lay out plans to transform the world’s second-largest economy at a key party meeting in November, leaving the question of how to do it largely unanswered as much of the reform agenda is still a matter of heated …
Analysis: Default or not, Asia a hostage to U.S. debt
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – Unless the U.S. Congress settles a political showdown to raise the country’s debt ceiling in coming weeks, it will be left on the edge of an unprecedented default. But America’s main creditors in Asia may be the least of its w…
AXA set to seal private-equity spin-off: FT
PARIS (Reuters) – AXA is set to confirm the closing of a deal to spin off its private-equity arm early this week, the head of AXA Private Equity said in an interview with the Financial Times.