By David Lawder MANDEVILLE, Jamaica (Reuters) -World Bank President Ajay Banga wants to focus on improving the development lender so that he can earn the right to press member countries for more capit[...]
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Latin America
Japan’s Kishida to focus on spending, wages in policy roadmap – draft
By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration will pledge to boost childcare spending and focus on sustaining wage hikes in its mid-year economic po[...]
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At a Buenos Aires soup kitchen, lines grow longer as inflation soars
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Anahí Robledo feeds 50 families each day at the community kitchen she runs in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, struggling with t[...]
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Argentina annual inflation hits 114% but monthly rate slows unexpectedly
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s annual inflation rate topped 114% in May, but in a silver lining for the embattled South American country the monthly rise came in well[...]
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Brazil retail sales up 0.1% in April driven by Easter
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Retail sales in Brazil rose for the second consecutive month in April driven by Easter sales, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Wednesday, but that was[...]
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Bahamas court boosts Bankman-Fried’s challenge to post-extradition charges
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Bahamas court on Tuesday temporarily barred the country’s government from agreeing to let U.S. prosecutors pursue part of their criminal case against Sam Bankm[...]
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Avolon says $4 trln needed to transform global jet fleet
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Global aviation needs $4 trillion over the next 20 years to fund new commercial deliveries and transform the world’s fleet to reduce emissions, leasing firm Avolon[...]
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Brazil airline Azul ready to raise capital after debt deals – CEO
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian airline Azul is ready to raise additional capital, its chief executive said in an interview, after reaching deals with lessors and bondholders t[...]
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Appetite grows for mergers and acquisitions in Latin America: study
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Latin America is increasingly seen as an attractive market for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with the ongoing U.S.-China trade spat helping[...]
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