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(Reuters) – A recovery in the global video-game market is expected to pick up pace this year on the back of strong sales of Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation 5 …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone banks expect a small rebound in the demand for mortgages and corporate loans for the first time in two years as a slump in lending shows …

(Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been placed in solitary confinement for 10 days in a prison above the Arctic circle for “incorrectly introducing himself” to a guard, …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions continued to soften in December as manufacturing and construction lost ground, a survey showed on Tuesday, while price pressures eased markedly in a promising …

By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Only five months ahead of Mexico’s presidential election, a survey of business executives released on Monday revealed their main concerns center on the …

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — In a recent federal court hearing in Central Islip, United States District Judge Joanna Seybert sentenced Lorraine Pilitz, 65, of Merrick, New York, to 33 months …

(Reuters) – FTX has sold 22 million shares worth close to $1 billion in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) since it was converted into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) earlier this month, …

LONDON (Reuters) – A team from the International Monetary Fund is expected to visit Gabon in late January or early February for Article IV discussions, a source told Reuters on …

By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy is set to cool this year, a Reuters survey found, amid an intensifying tug of war between the government and some …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Foreign carmakers that have been losing market share to local rivals in China have boosted exports from the world’s largest auto market, accounting for more than a …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is weighing a number of measures to prevent Mexican nationals from flying into the country to request asylum, a top official said on Sunday, after Quebec’s …

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The New York City Police Department requests public assistance regarding a robbery that occurred on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at about 7:15 pm. The incident …

(Reuters) – A prosecutor in Uvalde, Texas, has convened a grand jury to investigate whether police were criminally liable for failing to promptly storm a classroom in a 2022 mass …

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is widely expected to leave lending benchmark rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, after the central bank surprised markets by …

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the appointment of an independent bankruptcy examiner to investigate the Nov. 2022 collapse of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange …

ZURICH (Reuters) – Further interest rate hikes from the Swiss National Bank are not needed given the bank’s latest inflation forecasts, SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan told Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing told CNBC on Thursday that mergers and acquisitions were not a priority for the German lender this year. The CEO …

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – At least $24.2 billion worth of crypto was sent to illicit crypto wallet addresses in 2023, including addresses identified as sanctioned or linked to …

LONDON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund faces tough choices on how to deal with Pakistan after the February election and how to assess the country’s debt situation, a former …

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Citigroup’s is planning to lay off around 20 equity researchers in Asia Pacific as part of its global overhaul, a person with direct knowledge of the …

MILAN (Reuters) – A large U.S. investment bank is considering building up a 10% stake in Italy’s Banca Popolare di Sondrio, Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper reported on Thursday, without …

By Yantoultra Ngui and Rozanna Latiff SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to buy up to a 49% stake in MMC Port Holdings, in a …