(Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday said export-focused companies can transfer foreign currency to accounts overseas under certain conditions in a move aimed at helping to pay for imports and to…
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he fraudulently obtained more than $5 million in COVID-relief loans for three…
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he fraudulently obtained more than $5 million in COVID-relief loans for three…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Numet Machining Techniques, LLC (“Numet”), Numet Industries, Inc., KCO Numet, Inc., and Kidd & Company, LLC…
By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO – Two sanitation companies are expected to break Brazil’s IPO drought in the coming months. The sector has been buoyed by Brazil’s decision to update…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Sustainability-focused hedge fund Engine No. 1 has backed 83% of shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics at top U.S. companies so far…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday the Biden administration is actively considering adding new Chinese companies to the government’s economic blacklist as it…
(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank on Friday authorised Russian residents to buy shares in companies from “friendly” countries, provided the transactions were denominated in roubles or the currency of the…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on May 25, 2022 DONIESHA GIBSON (“GIBSON”), age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana and ERICA LEE THOMPSON…
BUDAPEST – Hungary will collect a total of 800 billion forints ($2.19 billion) annually this year and next from new windfall taxes imposed on banks, energy firms, insurers and airlines…
WASHINGTON -The United States issued an advisory on Monday warning U.S. companies of growing reputational risks of doing business with state-owned enterprises and military-controlled firms in Sudan. “These risks arise…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and other top financial firms have told a Texas official they are not boycotting energy companies, responding to a…
(Reuters) – Russia has given 15 companies including metals giant Nornickel and liquefied natural gas producer Novatek approval to remain listed on foreign exchanges, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.…
LONDON – Companies need to be incentivised and pushed to make green investments, British trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said on Wednesday. “We need to do all we can to both…
Big Business Wins Again: Biden Climate Rules Will Hurt Small Companies Most Thomas Catenacci on May 17, 2022 America’s top financial regulator issued climate disclosure rules that are more burdensome…
(Reuters) – Multinationals that announced their exit from Russia, or suspension of activities there, after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, have started to report associated losses. These are…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – U.S. coal producers are seeking to boost exports to cash in on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but face big headwinds including shipping…
SCRANTON: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Nazim Hassam, age 70, of Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2022…
A Washington, D.C. man and his two companies have been ordered to stop engaging in fraud and transferring fraud proceeds in an N95 mask scheme. He must also return over…
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO – As supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and lockdowns in China hit Western European markets, Balkan companies are hoping to…
WASHINGTON – Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information – including Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that his 2020…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – U.S. companies are ramping up efforts to protect their profits from a relentless rally in the dollar, as the greenback surges to multi-decade…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Vaugh Simon, 29, of Pearland, TX, was sentenced today to one year and three months in prison, and was ordered…
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Reuters surveyed 20 large companies that both report their carbon footprints and embrace remote work about whether they estimate carbon emissions from employees’ home offices.…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canada is talking to a number of companies interested in setting up production in the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, the industry minister said, as…