By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s space agency said on Monday its SLIM moon lander has unexpectedly survived a freezing lunar night and re-established communication with the earth, more than a month after the spacecraft made a historic “pinpoint” touchdown on the moon. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down on the […]
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Japan unexpectedly slips into recession, Germany now world’s third-biggest economy
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan unexpectedly slipped into a recession at the end of last year, losing its title as the world’s third-biggest economy to Germany and raising doubts about when the central bank would begin to exit its decade-long ultra-loose monetary policy. Some analysts are warning of another contraction in […]
Japan unexpectedly slips into a recession
Japan has unexpectedly fallen into a recession after its economy shrank for two quarters in a row. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.4% in the last three months of 2023, compared to a year earlier. It came after the economy shrank by 3.3% in the previous quarter. The figures from […]
Blackstone Profit Unexpectedly Rises as Gray Touts ‘Virtuous Cycle’
(Bloomberg) — Blackstone Inc.’s profit climbed 4% in the final quarter of 2023 as President Jon Gray sees an inflection point for private equity after one of the industry’s worst years. Most Read from Bloomberg The world’s largest alternative-asset manager reported distributable earnings of $1.4 billion, or $1.11 a share, beating analysts’ 96-cent average estimate. […]
Ukraine’s Defence Minister unexpectedly cancels his visit to France, citing “security considerations”
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov has cancelled his trip to France at the last moment, citing “security considerations,” and will participate in the planned events online. Source: Le Monde, citing the French Defence Ministry’s official statement, available to the editorial staff. Details: The statement that reached the media in the evening mentions that Umierov cancelled […]
US producer prices unexpectedly fall; goods deflation seen persisting
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in December amid declining costs for goods such as diesel fuel and food, suggesting inflation would continue to subside and allow the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates this year. The report from the Labor Department on Friday, which also showed prices for […]