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LONDON – Credit rating agency S&P Global cut its euro zone growth forecast for the year on Monday to 3.3% from 4.4% previously, saying higher energy prices caused by the …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis led the world’s Catholic bishops on Friday in praying for peace between Russia and Ukraine, saying the world had forgotten the tragedies …

WASHINGTON – The Russia-Ukraine crisis is driving up commodities prices and is likely to reduce prospects for global growth in the coming year, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on …

LVIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s new agriculture minister said on Friday that Ukraine’s grain stocks for export amount to $7.5 billion but did not say what the volume of grains for …

NEW YORK – Citigroup Inc said on Thursday in a memo that Carey Lathrop, global co-head of markets, will leave the bank and Andy Morton, who has been sharing the …

By Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy – Global tech funds are back in demand and investment inflows are surging as rising inflationary pressures and a selloff in bonds drive investors …

By Tom Wilson LONDON – Decentralised finance – or DeFi – is throwing up new risks for investors as it evolves to mirror traditional markets, a global body for securities …

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(Corrects currency in 5th graf, no other changes.) ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank will likely hold fast to the world’s lowest interest rate when it gives its latest monetary …

– Global bond funds saw money outflows for the tenth consecutive week in the week to March 16, as higher U.S. inflation levels evoked expectations that the Federal Reserve would …

PARIS – The Ukraine crisis could knock more than a percentage point off global growth this year and add two and a half percentage points to inflation, the OECD estimated …

SINGAPORE – Countries have announced fuel subsidies to cushion consumers from the impact of soaring energy prices after oil skyrocketed last week to 14-year highs. Here are the measures announced: …

SAO PAULO – Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA said on Wednesday that its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft subsidiary Eve has signed a letter of intent with Global Crossing …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the entire global economy by slowing growth and jacking up inflation, and could fundamentally reshape the global economic order …

– JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Tuesday it would buy Global Shares, an Irish fintech firm whose software helps businesses manage employee stock plans. The deal, the terms of …

By Karl Plume – A worsening drought in the southern U.S. Plains is threatening the region’s winter wheat crop just as the Ukraine crisis dents global supplies. Some farmers in …

By Simon Jessop LONDON – Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday, launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their …

By Maurice Tamman, David Gauthier-Villars, Sarah McFarlane and Sarah El Safty – The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens millions of tiny spring-time sprouts that should emerge from stalks of dormant …

By Yoruk Bahceli – Global financial conditions have reached their tightest since May 2009, according to a widely watched Goldman Sachs index, a possible sign of a world economic slowdown. …

NEW YORK – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected proposals to list and trade shares of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) NYDIG Bitcoin ETF https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nysearca/2022/34-94395.pdf and Global X Bitcoin …

– Barclays appointed Ihsan Essaid as co-head of its global mergers and acquisitions business, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Essaid is a veteran of about three …

            WASHINGTON – Project Concern International (PCI) has agreed to pay the United States $537,500 to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to …

– Global food prices will rise further if western nations intensify economic pressure on Russia, a major global fertilizer producer, President Vladimir Putin said. Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev told …

– Russia has essentially been cut off from global capital markets as western companies and investors increasingly shun doing business in the country following its invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock Inc …