NJ Transit strike enters third day as talks with engineers union stall
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit rail service disruptions will continue for a third consecutive day after contract negotiations between the transit agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ended…
Argentina seeks Biden’s support in debt talks with ‘inflexible’ IMF
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina has directly asked U.S. President Joe Biden for support in the country’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revamp its $44 billion debt…
No breakthrough as EU’s Borrell holds crisis talks with Kosovo, Serbia leaders
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposed steps to end weeks of violence in predominantly Serb areas of northern Kosovo to the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia on Thursday,…
Italy’s TIM enters into exclusive talks with KKR over grid sale
By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) -Telecom Italia (TIM) has granted U.S. fund KKR a period of exclusive negotiations for the sale of its landline grid, the Italian phone group…
Intelsat, SES end talks on $10 billion merger – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Intelsat SA has ended negotiations to combine with SES SA as it was not able to reach an agreement with the satellite company and its major stakeholders, Bloomberg News reported…
China In Talks To Conduct Military Training In Cuba: REPORT
China In Talks To Conduct Military Training In Cuba: REPORT Micaela Burrow on June 20, 2023 China is in talks with Havana to set up a joint military training center on the…
Volkswagen in talks with JV partner on audit of Xinjiang plant
(Reuters) -Volkswagen is in talks with its joint venture partner SAIC about whether to conduct an independent audit of its plant in Xinjiang, China, the company confirmed on Tuesday. The comment comes…
Commerzbank executive drops out of running for board after talks with ECB
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Ruediger Rass, an executive with Germany’s Commerzbank, has decided to remain in his current role rather than join the management board following discussions with the European Central Bank, a…
Italy’s TIM leaning towards KKR for talks over grid sale, sources say
By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) is leaning towards entering talks with KKR over the sale of its prized landline grid, two sources said, as the…
Scholz faces tricky balancing act in Germany-China talks
By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a delicate balancing act this week at German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, seeking to maintain good ties with Germany’s…
Analysis-Argentina faces crunch IMF talks to defuse looming debt bomb
By Walter Bianchi and Rodrigo Campos BUENOS AIRES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have a $44 billion dilemma, with the two sides set to meet for crunch…
Pentagon chief expresses optimism over eventual talks with Chinese counterpart
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed optimism on Friday that he would eventually hold talks with his Chinese counterpart after being snubbed by Beijing during an event in Singapore…
France hosts $7 billion debt talks as Casino seeks deal with creditors
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Casino and the holders of its 6.4 billion euros ($7 billion) of debt met at France’s finance ministry on Thursday morning as the beleaguered retailer seeks…
Acting Labor Secretary remains involved in US West Coast port labor talks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su remained in San Francisco on Wednesday for ongoing meetings with West Coast port employers and unions representing 22,0000 workers…
Most G20 nations see banking system sound as bloc talks financial stability – official
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Most G20 member nations are of the view that banking systems and regulations in their countries are steady, India’s chief economic advisor said on Wednesday. “Most country members…
Analysis-Germany to face EU ire over Huawei supplies ahead of China talks
By Sarah Marsh, Supantha Mukherjee and Andreas Rinke BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The European Union is set to urge Germany to do more to reduce its use of Huawei gear in its 5G…
US official denies any talks with Iran on an interim nuclear deal
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are not discussing an interim nuclear deal, a U.S. official said on Monday, but Washington has told Tehran of steps that might…
After rough start, UN plastic treaty talks end with mandate for first draft
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global…
US ‘pleased to see’ that talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was pleased to see that talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue as they seek to resolve a decades-long dispute…
France says it backs ongoing talks between Tunisia and IMF
PARIS (Reuters) – France backs the ongoing talks between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as the cash-strapped North African country eyes a key IMF bailout…
Israel ‘not really aware’ about progress of Saudi-U.S. talks on normalisation deal
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A top Israeli official played down prospects for a U.S.-brokered diplomatic breakthrough with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as “in a…
Nepal PM Dahal to visit India next week, hold talks with Modi
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal will visit India next week and hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to strengthen the historically deep ties between the…
‘Outrageous’: Freedom Caucus Demands McCarthy Hold The Line On Debt Ceiling Talks
‘Outrageous’: Freedom Caucus Demands McCarthy Hold The Line On Debt Ceiling Talks Arjun Singh on May 25, 2023 Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are urging Speaker Kevin McCarthy not to…
U.S. credit default swaps fall as debt ceiling talks progress
(Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to U.S. government debt dropped on Friday as U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy were closing in on a deal that…
Biden says he, McCarthy had productive talks on debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he has had several productive conversations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in their standoff over the federal government’s debt ceiling, adding that staff negotiators…
McCarthy says he spoke with Trump about US debt ceiling talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday he spoke briefly with former President Donald Trump about the debt ceiling negotiations in recent days, as time…
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