MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico will waive import duties for one year on a range of household staples, most of them foodstuffs, in a bid to curb inflation, the government said in its official gazette on Monday.
PARIS (Reuters) – India banned wheat exports on Saturday as a heatwave curtailed output and domestic prices soared, a blow to global buyers banking on the world‘s second-biggest wheat producer after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine hit Black Sea supplies.
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech industry ministry plans to launch a new state energy trader whose main aim is purchasing gas as the central European country seeks to boost its energy security and shift away from dependence on Russian supplies.
By Ari Rabinovitch HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Israel is boosting offshore natural gas output and aims to reach a supply agreement with Europe in the coming months as the continent looks to replace Russian supply.
(Reuters) – The following is a table of Polish annual net inflation indices for April, published by the central bank on Monday.
(Reuters) – Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc said on Monday it had entered an all-cash deal to buy U.S. defense contractor ManTech International Corp for $3.93 bln.
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech gas storage has reached more than 40% of capacity as of Monday, Industry Minister Jozef Sikela said.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has not received any new serious proposal from the European Commission regarding oil sanctions on Russia since a visit of the Commission president to Budapest earlier this month, Hungarys foreign minister said on Monday on his Facebook page.
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as downbeat data out of China stoked fresh concerns about a global economic slowdown at a time when investors are already on edge over aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve.
(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday urged other members of a Russian-dominated military alliance to stand united, and accused the West of hoping to prolong the conflict in Ukraine to try to weaken Russia as much as possible.
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States agreed on Monday to cooperate more closely to counter disrupted supply of industrial commodities and food caused by Russias invasion of Ukraine and to combat disinformation from Moscow.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Energy activist shareholder ENKRAFT has increased its stake in German wind power project developer PNE, according to a regulatory filing published two days before an expected power tussle at the groups annual general meeting (AGM).
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein believes the economy is at risk of possibly going into a recession
By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) – Gold edged up on Monday from a more than three-month trough hit in the previous session, as lower U.S. Treasury yields kept demand for zero-yield bullion afloat above the key psychological support level of around $1,800 per ounce.
(Reuters) – Egypt expects to reach a new programme with the International Monetary Fund “within months”, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Sunday in a televised news conference.
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Donerail Group is close to reaching a settlement with Turtle Beach Corp that will give the activist investment firm representatives on the U.S. gaming gear companys board of directors, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said on Sunday he believes the economy is at risk of possibly going into a recession, as the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates to tackle rising inflation.
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru‘s economy grew 3.79% in March compared with a year earlier, the country’s statistics agency said on Sunday, with most sectors of the economy showing improvement, while the key mining industry shrank due to social conflicts hitting production.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank is not financing a controversial pipeline in Africa that environmental campaigners have said will displace thousands of families and disrupt nature reserves, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodos approval rating has hit a six-year low amid dissatisfaction over soaring cooking oil prices and the perceived failure of an export ban to swiftly reduce the rising cost of goods, a new poll showed on Sunday.