Illegal Migrants Connected to New Jersey Prostitution Bust, Source Reports
TRENTON — A source within local law enforcement has told Shore News Network that a statewide human trafficking bust and prostitution rings may have involved illegal migrants and possibly even children. Seven…
Argentina central bank to analyze rate hike on Wednesday -source
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s central bank directors will meet on Wednesday to discuss a possible interest rate hike, a source with the bank told Reuters on Tuesday, as the…
Commissioner Haines Goes on Witch Hunt to Find Source of Leaked Crony Job Offer Memo
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Commissioner Virginia Haines is conducting an unofficial investigation into the source of a leaked memo handwritten by the commissioner pushing for the hiring of now retired…
Benettons rule out any transaction involving break-up of Atlantia – source
MILAN – The Benettons, who control Atlantia with a 33% stake, are united in ruling out any transaction that would involve a break-up of the Italian infrastructure group, one source close to…
PLATINUM EQUITY PORTFOLIO COMPANY PARAMOUNT GLOBAL SURFACES ACQUIRES STONE SOURCE
Acquisition of National Tile and Stone Distributor Strengthens PGS Offering in Growing Commercial Flooring Market LOS ANGELES and MIAMI, April 1, 2022 — Platinum Equity portfolio company Paramount Global Surfaces (“PGS”) announced today…
Exclusive-Two former U.S. officials help ethics probe of Trump ally Clark, source says
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – The top two U.S. Justice Department officials in the waning days of Donald Trump’s presidency are cooperating with a Washington legal body’s ethics probe of their…
KKR sticks by request of due diligence on TIM – source
MILAN – U.S. investment firm KKR is keeping its request to access Telecom Italia’s data for a due diligence analysis before it can formalise its takeover bid, a person close to the…
U.S. weighs dropping Iran’s IRGC from terrorism list -source
By Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi – The United States is considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in return for Iranian assurances about reining in the elite…
Canada to ditch pre-arrival COVID testing requirement for travelers -source
-Canada will remove the need for incoming fully vaccinated travelers to get tested for COVID-19 before entering the country, starting on April 1, a source familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.…
SoftBank execs to leave boards of India’s Paytm, Policybazaar – source
NEW DELHI – Representatives of SoftBank Group Corp will step down from the boards of Indian digital payments firm Paytm and the parent of online insurance aggregator Policybazaar, a person with direct…
U.S. to ban imported Russian alcohol, seafood -source
WASHINGTON – The United States will ban imports of Russian alcohol and seafood, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday, in another action to impose costs on Russia for…
Russian energy import freeze would hit Germany as hard as Covid – source
BERLIN – A short-term freeze on energy imports from Russia resulting from its invasion of Ukraine is likely to cause a collapse in German gross domestic product similar to that prompted by…
German 2022 budget plans 100 billion in new borrowing – source
BERLIN – Germany’s draft budget for 2022 envisages just shy of 100 billion euros (dollars) in new borrowing, a person familiar with the budget planning said, meaning it would not exceed the…
Exclusive-Inter-American Development Bank will divest Russian assets, source says
WASHINGTON – The Inter-American Development Bank plans to divest Russian holdings in its pension plans and remove Russia’s ability to observe the bank’s annual meetings, a source familiar the matter said. The…
U.S. shale oil and gas producers Oasis and Whiting in talks to merge – source
By David French – U.S. shale oil and gas producers Oasis Petroleum Inc and Whiting Petroleum Corp are close to agreeing an all-stock merger that could be announced as soon as this…
U.S. officials travel to Venezuela, a Russian ally, for talks – source
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON -Senior U.S. officials traveled to Venezuela on Saturday for talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s government, seeking to determine whether Caracas is prepared to distance itself from close ally…
Facebook-backed Indian startup Meesho targets early 2023 for IPO – source
By Shivani Singh BENGALURU – Indian startup Meesho, which counts Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund 2 as its investors, is aiming to go public in early 2023, a source…
FTC approaches March deadline for reviewing Amazon-MGM deal -source
– The Federal Trade Commission is approaching a mid-March deadline for making a decision on whether to approve Amazon.com Inc’s purchase of movie studio MGM for $8.5 billion, according to a source…
U.S. Treasury warns crypto firms on Russia cybersecurity threat – source
By Hannah Lang – The U.S. Treasury Department has reached out to cryptocurrency companies about their cybersecurity controls amid concerns that Russia could wage retaliatory cyber attacks in response to Western sanctions,…
Peruvian community blocks road used by MMG copper mine, source says
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA – A community in the Peruvian Andes has blocked a key transport road used by MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine, a source close to the Chinese company said…
Russia to spend up to $10 billion from rainy-day fund on buying Russian shares, source says
– The Russian government has ordered the finance ministry to channel up to 1 trillion roubles ($10.3 billion) from the National Wealth Fund to buy shares in Russian companies, a source close…
Biden has decided on his U.S. Supreme Court choice -source
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has decided on his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, a person familiar with the process said on Thursday. The person did not name the nominee…
EU foreign ministers could agree sanctions package on Tuesday, source says
BRUSSELS – EU ambassadors have been discussing a sanctions package on Russia consisting of four parts which could be agreed by the bloc’s foreign ministers at a meeting later on Tuesday in…
Biden has started interviews for Supreme Court pick – source
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has started interviews with top candidates to serve on the Supreme Court “in recent days,” a source familiar with the situation said on Monday. The White…
Peugeot sees Djokovic sporting its logo at next tournament, source says
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS – Carmaker Peugeot, a sponsor of Novak Djokovic, is glad the tennis star has told his story about his expulsion from Australia and expects its logo to be…
Ivory Coast to announce $20 million cashew sector aid plan -source
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast plans to commit more than $20 million to helping cashew processors struggling against competition from Asia and to boost the percentage of the crop that…
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