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An intensely hot summer and unprecedented drought are straining energy supplies in northern Vietnam, prompting rolling blackouts and sudden power outages that have led to "uncountable" losses among local firms and foreign manufacturers.
Hopes China will unveil fresh measures to kickstart its ailing economy lifted most markets Friday, while the dollar struggled to bounce from losses fuelled by bets the Federal Reserve is near the end of its tightening cycle. However, Tokyo struggled on a stronger yen, even as the Bank of Japan on Friday stood pat on its ultra-loose monetary policy.
Nissan top executive Ashwani Gupta is leaving the company, the Japanese automaker said Friday, in a surprise departure that will revive concerns about the stability of the firm's leadership. Nissan said Gupta had "elected to leave the company to pursue other opportunities effective June 27", without detailing the reasons for his departure.
In Washington they paused; in Frankfurt they hiked; and in Beijing, they cut. - Skip, Hike and Cut - On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve paused its aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes after 10 straight increases, which brought its benchmark lending rate from close to zero to a range between 5.0 and 5.25 percent.
The Teamsters union, which represents hundreds of thousands of UPS employees, is set to reveal Friday whether it has authorized a strike against the delivery service -- a work stoppage seen as unlikely, but one that would certainly rattle the US economy.
Despite a biting economic crisis, restaurants in Buenos Aires are full and queues for theater and concert tickets long. "We are very tired of economic problems," 25-year-old chef Santiago Basavilbaso told AFP as he shopped for fresh produce for his restaurant.
After years on the sidelines, financial regulators in the United States are throwing the book at the free-wheeling cryptocurrency industry, with angry entrepreneurs threatening to take their business overseas. "The US government is making it very difficult for traditional financial institutions", particularly banks, "to engage in cryptocurrencies", said Goforth.
Top Nissan executive Ashwani Gupta is leaving the company, the Japanese automaker confirmed Friday, a day after reports of a leadership clash inside the company. Nissan said chief operating officer Gupta had "elected to leave the company to pursue other opportunities effective June 27", without detailing the reasons for his departure.
A multi-million-dollar deal between a media group run by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, and streaming giant Spotify is to end, a report said Thursday. But trade title Variety, citing an unnamed source, reported Thursday that Spotify had been expecting more material.
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