By Rachel Savage and Marc Jones JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – Ghana has begun restructuring its debt by rolling out a plan to swap $10.5 billion in local bonds with new ones, seeking IMF help[...]
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December 9, 2022
Penguin Random House CEO to quit after merger blocked
BERLIN (Reuters) -Penguin Random House head Markus Dohle will step down at the end of the year after a U.S. judge blocked a planned $2.2 billion merger of the world’s largest publisher and rival[...]
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Futures reverse gains as inflation data intensifies rate hike worries
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures turned negative on Friday after a higher-than-expected rise in producer prices in November fanned worries of the Federal Reserve sticking to its policy tight[...]
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Ukraine’s consumer inflation falls in November, GDP fall slows in Q3
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s monthly consumer inflation slowed to 0.7% in November from 2.5% the previous month, the State Statistics Committee said on Friday. It said consumer inflation slowed to[...]
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Britain reviews financial rules to bolster City’s global clout
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out a raft of measures on Friday to bolster the City of London’s role as a global financial centre, under strain since Brexit ushered in new competitio[...]
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China’s Xi tells Gulf nations to use Shanghai exchange for yuan energy deals
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping said in Riyadh on Friday that China and Gulf nations should make full use of the Shanghai Petroleum and National Gas Exchange as a platform[...]
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BNP Paribas hands its London bankers standardised job titles to ensure transparency
By Sinead Cruise and Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – BNP Paribas is introducing titles to grade hundreds of investment bank employees in the UK, a move to ensure a transparent job evaluatio[...]
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Exclusive-Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements -email
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter Inc will roll out new controls as soon as next week to let companies prevent their ads from appearing above or below tweets containing certain keywords, the so[...]
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Meta battles U.S. antitrust agency over future of virtual reality
By Katie Paul and Diane Bartz SAN JOSE, Calif./ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday accused Meta Platforms Inc of trying to buy its way to dominance in the metaverse, kicking of[...]
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