By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish authorities have identified assets, including houses, companies and at least one luxury yacht, belonging to 15 Russian oligarchs on the EU sanctions list, an official overseeing property registries told Reuters on Thursday.
By Ahmed Eljechtimi MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering financial support for Ukraines transport and logistics companies to help them maintain their exports, a senior bank official said on Thursday.
(Reuters) – Elon Musk is in talks to raise enough equity and preferred financing for his proposed buyout of Twitter Inc to negate the need for a $6.25 billion margin loan linked to his Tesla Inc shares, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A closely watched transportation report on Thursday said “the prospect of freight recession is now considerable” as the spending shift from goods to services accelerates, inflation erodes disposable income and interest rates climb.
LONDON (Reuters) – A top official at Wall Street watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signalled on Thursday that stricter rules around crypto “stablecoins” could be drawing closer.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s second pick to serve as the top regulatory official at the Federal Reserve will be questioned by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on May 19, according to the panel’s website.
By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canadas policy rate, at 1%, is “too stimulative” given soaring inflation and interest rates may need to go above neutral because parts of the economy have become less sensitive to increases, an official said
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Most cryptocurrencies have a major problem with price volatility, but one sub-category of coins is designed to maintain a constant value: stablecoins.
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission plans to unveil a 195 billion euro plan to stop importing Russian fossil fuels by 2027, combining a faster rollout of renewable energy and energy savings with a switch to alternative gas supplies, draft documents show.
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault on Thursday said it was studying the option of creating two seperate entities, one specialising in the development and research of electric vehicles (EVs).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she believes the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession because of a strong U.S. job market and household balance sheets, low debt costs and a strong banking sector
LONDON (Reuters) – Philip Morris‘ $16 billion offer for Stockholm-based Swedish Match represents a “healthy premium” and the Marlboro maker could yet go higher, Swedish Match’s No. 10 shareholder GACMO Investors said on Thursday.
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has refused to publish the advice Prime Minister Boris Johnson received from security services before the British-Russian media boss Evgeny Lebedev was appointed to parliaments upper chamber.
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankas new prime minister, is no stranger to politics.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will speak with infant formula retailers and manufacturers about supply issues on Thursday before the White House announces additional actions to address shortages, a White House official said.
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union will do its utmost to protect Ireland‘s single market membership, and it is unacceptable that a third country could jeopardise anyone’s EU status, European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Thursday.
By Tim Hepher DUBLIN (Reuters) – Inflation clauses that determine how much airlines pay for new jets have jumped into a “hyper-escalation” band, pushing up aircraft prices but still leaving manufacturers unable to fully pass on their soaring costs, industry executives told Reuters.
(Reuters) – The Trump Organization said on Wednesday that it completed the $375 million sale of the lease on the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. to an investment firm that plans to rebrand the property as the Waldorf Astoria.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Noah Phillips, a Republican on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, on Thursday sidestepped a question about Elon Musks plan to buy Twitter but said some transactions were economically important because they led to better management.
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Unions plan for countries to buy gas jointly could maximise supplies and ensure better contract terms in the coming years, but is unlikely to help in the event of a sudden supply cut off, analysts and EU officials