By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) – Conservation group The Nature Conservancy’s vision for the future of coral protection involves speed boats, and a global army of snorkellers and dive[...]
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Latin America
Lula to start job interviews for Petrobras overhaul, sources say
By Sabrina Valle (Reuters) – Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins interviews this week with candidates to run oil firm Petrobras, people familiar with the talks said, kicki[...]
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Brazil’s Goldfajn elected to replace ousted IDB president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said on Sunday its board of governors has elected Brazil’s Ilan Goldfajn as president of the financial institution, after Mauricio[...]
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Fiscal conflict posed by Brazil’s government-elect shows ignorance, says Guedes
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday the alleged conflict between social needs and fiscal sustainability posed by the new government-elect reveals ignorance and t[...]
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Fitch affirms Mexico at ‘BBB-‘, notes “prudent” policies alongside muted growth
By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings on Friday affirmed Mexico’s long-term local-currency and foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-‘, with[...]
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European refiners oversupplied as oil shortage fears subside
By Julia Payne and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – European refiners have found themselves oversupplied with crude as an expected shortage owing to the looming EU ban on Russian oil has yet to[...]
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Japanese electric motor maker Nidec to build $715 million Mexican plant
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese electric motor maker Nidec Corp is planning to invest about $715 million to build a plant in Mexico to make electric car motors, its chief executive said in an interview with[...]
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Brazil VP-elect Alckmin vows debt reduction, seeks to appease markets
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s incoming government will be fiscally responsible, Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin said Thursday, promising a budget surplus and reduction in public debt[...]
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Tumbling bitcoin overshadows El Salvador’s crypto conference
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s long-awaited bitcoin conference, which was in the limelight in 2021 after the small nation became the world’s first to adopt[...]
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