FRANKFURT – Christian Friege, chief executive of German photo service provider Cewe, obstructed diversity and the appointment of a woman as a board member, the company’s board of trustees said…
SYDNEY -The Australian government on Friday appointed a woman as second in command at the country’s central bank, the first female to hold the position in the bank’s 62-year history…
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – A top U.S. banking regulator told banks on Thursday to be more vigilant about guarding against unlikely but extreme risk as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating whether an options trade in Activision Blizzard Inc violated insider-trading laws as it followed a meeting between CEO Bobby Kotick and one of the…
(Reuters) – One of Russia’s flagship airliner projects, the Irkut MS-21, will use domestic engines given that sanctions mean U.S. models are no longer available, the RIA news agency cited…
CAIRO – Oman expects to reduce its public debt to 19.46 billion Omani riyals by using the surplus arising from selling oil at higher prices and repaying some loans by…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – One of California’s big pension funds said on Wednesday it will push companies to add more women to their boards and to disclose more about…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s financial stability council said on Wednesday that there is risk of credit rating action on the ratings for the sovereign and state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos…
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill to increase and protect abortion access in the state, a proactive move as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON -Billionaire investor Richard (Ric) Kayne is seeking two board seats at Athira Pharma, arguing the biotech company needs a new chief executive officer to successfully guide…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – A New York City man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to insider trading and tax evasion charges for purchasing securities in chemical manufacturer Ferro Corp…
(Corrects first paragraph to say that return to office is regardless of vaccination status) (Reuters) – Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Corp said on Tuesday that employees can return to its…
SYDNEY -Heavy rains drenched east Australia on Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders for thousands of flood-weary residents for the second time this month as authorities warned the intense weather is likely…
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION – Paraguay will end 2022 with inflation close to 6%, the country’s central bank head told Reuters on Monday, right at the ceiling of the entity’s…
COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s Orsted said on Monday it had agreed to sell half of the Hornsea 2 project in Britain, which will become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, to…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – New York’s public pension fund, one of the largest pension funds in the United States, will divest its holdings in Russian companies following Russia’s…
– Georgia is likely to lose $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion in economic output owing to Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine and fall short of its 6% growth target, the…
By Ross Kerber BOSTON -Edward C. “Ned” Johnson 3d, an American billionaire investor and philanthropist who as chairman of Fidelity Investments propelled the family business to a dominant place in…
– Russia is looking for suppliers of packaging for baby food and dairy products due to disruption in supplies caused by the Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, the country’s agriculture…
– Shares of the world’s largest inter-dealer broker TP ICAP jumped as much as 11% on Wednesday after U.S. hedge fund Phase 2 Partners asked the British company to explore…
By Mike Dolan LONDON – Tighten hard and fast now and you might just avoid triggering recession – it seems the Federal Reserve is tempted by its own playbook from…
– Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity, which plans to direct the funds toward boosting affordable housing and Black homeownership, the group said on…
CHICAGO – The U.S. state of Nebraska reported on Tuesday an outbreak of highly lethal bird flu in a flock of 570,000 chickens being raised for meat. Millions of U.S.…
– JPMorgan Chase & Co has named Wells Fargo senior executive David Miree as the global head of diversity, equity and inclusion, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters…
By Andres Gonzalez and Isla Binnie MADRID – Apollo Infrastructure, a unit of investment firm Apollo Global Management Inc, has agreed to buy a stake in Spanish road freight operator…