SYDNEY (Reuters) – Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) said on Tuesday it has hired former Credit Suisse China boss Carsten Stoehr as its deputy head for the Asia Pacific region. S[...]
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February 6, 2024
Controlling shareholders bid to take Brazil payments firm Cielo private for $1.2 billion
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Payments company Cielo said on Monday a trio of Brazilian firms including its controlling shareholders had launched a tender offer to take it private in a deal that could be worth[...]
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US appeals court finds Bayer not shielded from Roundup lawsuit
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday refused to dismiss a Georgia doctor’s lawsuit claiming that Bayer AG’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer, the latest setback in[...]
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US Treasury team heads to China to talk subsidies, economic policies
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has sent five senior U.S. Treasury officials to Beijing this week for economic talks that will include China’s “non-market[...]
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FAA warns US Congress against hiking airline pilot retirement age
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration told Congress in a letter on Monday that lawmakers should not raise the mandatory retirement age of airli[...]
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Wall Street equities fall with interest rates, earnings in focus
By Sinéad Carew and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back firmly against speculation that rate cuts[...]
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World Bank’s Banga denies IFC cover up of abuse involving Kenya school investment
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga on Monday rejected allegations that the bank’s International Finance Corp arm sought to cover up reports of sexual ab[...]
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