Economic News

OSLO (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged a 52-year-old man with illegally possessing and spreading secret and sensitive information about a large number of military installations.

(Reuters) – Sarepta Therapeutics Inc’s shares fell as much as 19.4% premarket on Thursday as Stat News reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s staff were inclined to reject the company’s gene therapy which is currently under review.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices unexpectedly fell in March as the cost of gasoline declined, and there were signs that underlying producer inflation was subsiding.

(Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that a possible prisoner swap involving Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich can only be considered after he is put on trial, despite efforts by the United States to push for his release.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate eased to 2.7% in March from 3% in February, government data showed on Thursday, driven mainly by an increase in housing rents.

(Reuters) – Most major U.S. banks expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points next month, following evidence of sticky inflation and a strong labor market.

(Reuters) -Apple Inc said on Thursday it would use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 as a part of its efforts to make all its products carbon neutral by the end of the decade.

(Reuters) – Pfizer said on Thursday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s Sinopharm Group, and plans to seek approval to market 12 innovative drugs in China through 2025.

By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc did not grant its Chief Executive Andy Jassy any new stock in 2022, shrinking the pay gap between the online retailer’s top boss and rank-and-file employees, the company said Thursday in a securities filing.

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fiji’s president suspended the Pacific island nation’s public prosecutor on Thursday and said a tribunal would be appointed to investigate him for alleged misbehaviour.

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) held talks last month with Russian diplomats in Geneva on providing aid to areas of Ukraine under Russian military control but has yet to be granted access, the medical charity said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday countered Pakistan’s objection to the holding of Group of 20 (G20) meetings in the Himalayan regions of Kashmir and Ladakh, saying it was free to hold meetings on its own territory.

(Reuters) – Trading and investing platform eToro said on Thursday it has partnered with Elon Musk-led Twitter to let users access real-time prices for cryptocurrencies, stocks and others assets.

(Reuters) -Apple Inc is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to expand its manufacturing presence beyond China, Nikkei reported on Thursday.

(Reuters) – The person who leaked U.S. classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing fellow members of an online chat group.

By Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) – French utility EDF has warned drawn-out strikes at its nuclear reactors and hydro-electricity plants have cost it 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) in lost output and that it is reviewing hiring plans for the year, three sources said.

HELSINKI (Reuters) – NATO’s new member Finland will participate in the Western military alliance’s nuclear planning and support operations, the Finnish defence ministry said on Thursday, although it has decided not to allow any nuclear arms on its soil.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch parliament building was evacuated for a short while on Thursday afternoon after a bomb alert that turned out to be false.

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian court has referred to the EU Court of Justice a decision on whether to maintain the freeze on billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s assets worth more than 80 million euros ($88.18 million), according to a ruling.

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said.