By Clare Jim and Andrew Galbraith HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -Shares and international bonds of Zhenro Properties slumped further on Monday after it said existing internal resources might be insufficient to repay…
ATHENS -Greece’s current account balance showed a wider deficit in December last year compared to the same month in 2020 while tourism revenues rose, the Bank of Greece said on…
BANGKOK – Thai banks’ non-performing loans slightly dropped to 2.98% of total lending at the end of December from 3.14% as the end of September, helped by measures to support…
PARIS – Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime French modeling agent who was detained in December 2020 as part of an inquiry into allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, was…
SYDNEY – A Chinese navy vessel directed a laser at an Australian military aircraft in flight over Australia’s northern approaches, illuminating the plane and potentially endangering lives, Australia’s defence said…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON -A U.S. federal judge ruled that Nuveen and trustees of its closed-end funds violated the Investment Company Act by stripping hedge fund Saba Capital of its…
LOS ANGELES – There are plans for a series of truck convoys to arrive in Washington D.C. around the time of the State of the Union address to be given…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME -Italy’s government on Friday approved measures worth around 6 billion euros ($6.81 billion) to help consumers and firms hit by a rise in…
(Refiling to add dropped words ‘utility-scale’ before wind farm, paragraph 5) By Isla Binnie and Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG – South African miner Exxaro and Chinese state fund CNIC are among…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS -G20 finance ministers recommitted on Friday to implementing a global overhaul of cross-border corporate tax rules next year in the face of concerns that meeting the…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON – UK-based maritime company Fleetscape is investigating the possible transfer of Iranian oil to a tanker it finances, the Oaktree Capital Management-backed firm said after allegations…
MILAN -Non-binding offers for a non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio worth around 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) put on the block by Greece’s bad bank liquidator PQH are due next week,…
By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI – (This February 17 story corrects first line to say five million tonnes per annum, not cumulative) India plans to manufacture five million tonnes of…
PRAGUE – Slovakia’s current account hit a deficit of 831 million euros ($944.85 million) in December after a revised gap of 122 million euros in November, the central bank said…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s property market may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, due to a slower-than-expected economic recovery amid a new coronavirus outbreak and higher inflation, the research unit…
By Divya Chowdhury MUMBAI – Uncertainty over the pace of monetary policy will mean a volatile first half for risk assets followed by an upward path for equities in the…
-British warehousing firm Segro said on Friday the growing popularity of rapid delivery services is fuelling strong demand across its markets after it reported a 20% jump in annual profit,…
– A pile-up involving more than 100 vehicles closed a portion of an interstate highway in Illinois on Thursday amid a snowstorm, according to state police and video posted on…
SHANGHAI – China Orient Asset Management said on Friday it was approved to issue up to 10 billion yuan bonds in China’s interbank bond market to resolve risks in the…
BEIJING -A handful of Chinese cities are starting to relax down-payment rules for home purchases in a bid to re-ignite buyer interest and put a floor under local economies weakened…
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas – A grand jury in Austin, Texas, has indicted several police officers for using excessive force during racial justice protests in 2020, authorities said on…
By Jonathan Landay and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON – The U.S. government aims to open a new center in Northern Virginia to receive additional Afghan evacuees, according to four sources familiar…
By Dan Whitcomb and Brendan O’Brien -The family of a Black teenager who was pinned to the ground and arrested by New Jersey police following a fight with a white…
By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO – A powerful winter storm was barreling through the eastern half of the United States on Thursday, bringing a variety of weather threats to the area…
By Michelle Price and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON -U.S. authorities filed criminal and civil charges against the founder and former chief investment officer of investment adviser Infinity Q Capital Management LLC,…