Bank Sues Biden Admin Over Latest Student Loan Payment Freeze Alexa Schwerha on March 7, 2023 SoFi, a private finance company and bank, sued President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday…
By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s stocks and bonds are drawing strong buying interest, not quite a vote of confidence in the economy but a reassuring sign for policymakers…
By Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank recommended on Tuesday that retail investors convert their foreign currency Eurobonds into local “replacement bonds” as 5.7 trillion roubles ($81 billion)…
DEROY MURDOCK: As The Left Sacrifices Natural Gas At The Altar Of Climate Nirvana, Americans Freeze To Death Deroy Murdock on January 1, 2023 The just-departed polar vortex confirmed that…
By Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu and Greg Torode TAIPEI (Reuters) – When Chinese authorities detained a Taiwanese citizen in China in August for an alleged violation of security laws, officials…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – 2015 – China, Australia free trade agreement begins in December. 2016 – Strategic partnership agreement struck for annual meetings between Australia’s prime minister and the Chinese premier.…
By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government announced a deal on Friday with supermarkets and suppliers of mass consumer goods to freeze or tightly regulate prices of some…
Major Tech Firms Cut Jobs, Freeze Hiring Thanks To Fears Of Economic Downturn John Hugh DeMastri on November 3, 2022 Ridesharing app Lyft and payment processing startup Stripe informed their…
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will freeze hiring in its corporate workforce as the e-commerce giant deals with an “unusual macro-economic environment”, a company executive said on Thursday. “We anticipate keeping…
ANTONI: Families Are Hurting From The Biden Administration’s Economic Brain Freeze E.J. Antoni on October 21, 2022 The Biden administration seems willfully ignorant of how American families are hurting financially.…
By Eva Mathews and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) – Late-stage U.S. startups are scooping up talent unlocked by layoffs and hiring freezes at Big Tech, adding experienced engineers and project managers…
(Reuters) – Technology companies, crypto exchanges and financial firms are cutting jobs and slowing hiring as global economic growth slows due to higher interest rates, red-hot inflation and an energy…
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s main supermarket chains rejected on Monday a proposal by the left-wing coalition government to temporarily freeze prices of a basic staple basket to ease the pain…
LONDON (Reuters) – A panel of investors on Friday determined Ukraine had triggered a restructuring event after a two-year sovereign debt freeze, and a default insurance known as Credit Default…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s commercial banks should not rush to raise their interest rates even though the central bank will tighten monetary policy, the finance minister said on Wednesday. The Bank…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO – Ecuador’s capacity to meet its external debt obligations has not been affected by a Luxembourg court’s decision to freeze the country’s assets amid a dispute…
By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – Ukraine has asked its creditors for a two year payment freeze on its international bonds in a bid to focus its…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said she welcomed a decision to suspend Ukraine’s debt service obligations by a group of six creditor countries, including the United…
TEGUCIGALPA – The Honduran government passed a month-long freeze on increases in gasoline and diesel prices on Friday, the country’s energy minister announced, making the Central American nation the latest…
RIO DE JANEIRO – Petrobras’ board of directors held discussions Friday over freezing fuel prices for 45 days, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. The proposal, presented…
By Alessia Pe and Sara Rossi MILAN – Sales of green sovereign bonds are gathering momentum after being disrupted by the Ukraine war, with 12 billion euros ($12.8 billion) worth…
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Coinbase Global Inc will extend its hiring freeze for the foreseeable future and rescind a number of accepted offers in order to deal with current…
Canada Plans Complete Freeze On Handgun Ownership Harold Hutchison on May 31, 2022 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation to freeze handgun purchases and a “buy back” of military-style…
By Engen Tham SHANGHAI – Three banks in China’s central Henan province have frozen at least $178 million of deposits, offering scant information on why or for how long, leaving…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s freeze on bank lending is a temporary measure which is meant to contain inflation and stabilise its economy, central bank governor John Mangudya told state television on…