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Hengli, China's silk-to-petrochemicals empire, faces the chill of US sanctions
By Colleen Howe and Chen Aizhu BEIJING/SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - The Hengli Group, built by a husband and wife duo over three decades from a bankrupt textile mill into a Fortune Global 500 giant a...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Australia fines Coles over milk supply deals; flags Brownes' pricing practices
May 22 (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Coles and dairy firm Brownes Foods Operations each paid A$39,600 ($28,270.44) after receiving infringement notices for restricti...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Philippine central bank governor says it is considering off-cycle rate hike
MANILA, May 22 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank could hike interest rates ahead of its scheduled policy meeting on June 18, its governor said on Friday. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
AMD ramping up Taiwan capacity as global CPU market tightens
By Wen-Yee Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, May 22 (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices is working with Taiwan partners to ramp up production capacity as stronger-than-expected demand squeezes the global C...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Arafura Rare Earths plans $250 million share sale backed by Australia's richest person
By Rajasik Mukherjee, Kumar Tanishk and Jasmeen Ara Islam Shaikh May 22 (Reuters) - Australia's Arafura Rare Earths said on Friday it plans to raise about A$350 million ($249.83 million) in a share pl...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Stocks rise, dollar at six-week high as focus remains on US-Iran talks
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Friday while the U.S. dollar sat near six- week highs and oil prices were whipsawed as investors held on to hopes of a breakthrough...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Samsung workers begin voting on pay deal, some non-chip employees to oppose it
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, May 22 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' workers in South Korea on Friday began voting on a pay deal that ensures huge bonuses for its memory chip workers, but other employees w...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Dollar perched near six-week high on uncertainty over US-Iran deal
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - The dollar held near a six-week top on Friday, after a volatile overnight session on conflicting signals over a U.S.-Iran peace deal, though investors latched ...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
Japan will avoid over-reliance on debt for extra budget, finance minister says
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday the government will seek to avoid overly relying on new debt issuance if it were to compile an extra...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026
SpaceX scrubs launch of upgraded Starship from Texas, to retry Friday
May 21 (Reuters) - SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed the launch of its 12th Starship rocket from Texas and said it will attempt the high-stakes test flight again on Friday, as Elon Musk's space company near...
Thomson Reuters May 21, 2026





