Australian teen tests Apple tolerance with new iPhone leak
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian teenager who has built an online following by leaking pictures of upcoming Apple Inc products has done it again, showing off the purported fingerprint scanner of the latest iPhone ahead of its expected launch next week….
BOJ says ready to act if tax hike threatens price goal
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan said the world’s third-largest economy is recovering and signaled it would increase its huge stimulus only if a planned sales tax hike was to threaten its goal of lifting inflation to 2 percent in two years.
Boeing bumps up forecast for long-term China plane demand
BEIJING (Reuters) – Boeing said it expects China to need more than 5,500 aircraft in the next 20 years, a six percent increase over last year’s two-decade estimate, citing growing demand for single-aisle and small wide body planes as travel within Asia…
Meet “The Guv”: India’s new central bank chief gets rock star welcome
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Less than 24 hours in the job and he has already been dubbed “The Guv” by a gushing Indian media and portrayed as a suave James Bond-like figure coming to the rescue of the country’s crashing currency.
China probes against foreign pharma unfair: EU business lobby
BEIJING (Reuters) – Foreign pharmaceutical firms in China have been unfairly targeted by a string of investigations into bribery and price-fixing despite generally strong legal compliance, a European Union business lobby said on Thursday.
Investors seek balance between central banks, Syria and rebounding economy
LONDON (Reuters) – European government bond yields were at near 1-1/2 year highs on Thursday and the dollar clung close to six week peaks on a combination of a better global economic outlook, nervousness about Syria and pending central bank meetings.
Ireland to get bailout exit support: Eurogroup head
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ireland will get euro zone support to smoothly exit its bailout program at the end of this year, the head of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem told the European Parliament on Thursday.
Ready to act if tax rise threatens two percent price goal: BOJ’s Kuroda
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday that the central bank stands ready to take further monetary easing steps if a planned sales tax hike or other risks derail the economy on its path to achieving the bank’s 2 perce…
SKF to boost U.S. footprint with $1.25 billion deal for Kaydon
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s SKF , the world’s biggest bearings maker, said on Thursday it had agreed to buy U.S.-based Kaydon Corporation in an all-cash $1.25 billion deal.
Global food prices fall 1.9 percent in August: FAO
ROME (Reuters) – Global food prices fell in August for the fourth month running, driven by declines in cereals and edible oils prices, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday.
