S.Korea reports record high 56,431 new daily COVID-19 cases – KDCA

Author of the article: BRUSSELS — EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday reimposed fines worth 79 million euros ($89 million) against Telefonica and Pharol, formerly known as Portugal Telecom, after previous antitrust fines were rejected by Europe’s top court in 2018. Telefonica’s new fine totalled 66.89 million euros, the same amount as that imposed in 2013,…

SINGAPORE — Chicago wheat futures lost more ground on Tuesday, trading close to the previous session’s 17-month low, as rains in parts of the U.S. winter wheat belt and optimism over a Russia-Ukraine export deal kept the market under pressure. Corn dropped to its lowest since early December and soybeans fell for a fifth consecutive…

Author of the article: Reuters Kantaro Komiya and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO — Japan’s retail sales rose faster than expected in November, thanks to decreasing COVID-19 cases, which have encouraged shoppers to ramp up spending on goods and services. To boost support the economy, the government on Friday approved a record $940 billion budget for fiscal…

Author of the article: TOKYO — Japan’s core machinery orders were flat in September from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as an indicator of capital spending in the coming six to nine months, to rise 1.8%. Manufacturers expect…