(Bloomberg) -- Cnooc Ltd., China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, said first half profits rose on higher output and rising crude prices.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunNet income for the six months through June was 79.7 billion yuan ($11.2 billion), compared with 63.8 billion yuan in the same period last year, the state-owned company said in an exchange filing. Output rose t
Thailand's economy isn't growing as fast as its peers.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian inflation slowed to a four-month low in July as government rebates on electricity bills kicked in, but progress on tempering price gains elsewhere disappointed and led markets to pare back the chance of a near-term cut in interest rates. The consumer price index (CPI) rose at an annual pace of 3.5% in July, down from 3.8% in June, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed on Wednesday. The figure was slightly above forecasts of 3.4%, leading markets to slightly lengthen the odds of a first easing from the Reserve Bank of Australia in November to 48.4%, from 58% before.
(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of Australian monthly inflation cooled in July, suggesting price pressures began to ease in the current quarter though not fast enough to warrant early interest-rate cuts.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunThe consumer price indicator climbed 3.5% from a year earlier, down from 3.8% and just above economists’ estimate, government data showed Wednesday. The trimme
(Bloomberg) -- Kroger Co. hiked prices on milk and eggs more than needed to account for inflation, the company’s top pricing executive testified during a court hearing on the US government’s bid to block the grocery chain’s purchase of rival Albertsons Cos.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunIn a March email to his bosses, Andy Groff, Kroger’s senior director for pricing, acknowledged t
(Bloomberg) -- Argentina is lowering a key import tariff in an effort to further cool inflation as President Javier Milei weighs the trade-offs between economic targets often at odds. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunEconomy Minister Luis Caputo announced it would lower a levy known as the PAIS tax on imports from 17.5% to 7.5%. The Milei administration actually increased the tax aft
Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years, a move designed to contain inflationary pressures that also draws a sharp contrast to Republican Donald Trump's approach. Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, highlights her plan in a new minute-long ad released Tuesday that uses her personal experience, growing up in rental housing while her mother saved for a decade before she could buy a home. In addition to increasing home construction, Harris is proposing the government provide as much as $25,000 in assistance to first-time buyers.
(Bloomberg) -- President Nicolás Maduro appointed Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s new oil minister and put Diosdado Cabello in charge of the joint interior and justice ministry, promoting key allies after a disputed election. Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityThe move also sees Hector Obregón step in as the new he
