EU imposes new Iran sanctions, won’t brand Guards ‘terrorists’ for now

By Bart H. Meijer and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on more than 30 Iranian officials and organisations, including units of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, blaming them for a “brutal” crackdown on protesters and other human rights abuses. The United States and Britain have also issued new sanctions …

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Lula dice que Brasil estudiará moneda común para comercio exterior

BUENOS AIRES, 23 ene (Reuters) – El presidente brasileño, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, dijo el lunes que Brasil y Argentina están estudiando la creación de una moneda común para utilizarse en intercambios comerciales entre ambos países para reducir la dependencia sobre el dólar. “Estamos intentando trabajar ahora en que nuestros ministros de Hacienda, cada …

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Portugal’s TAP cabin crew call off strike after reaching agreement

LISBON (Reuters) – Cabin crew at Portugal’s TAP airline have called off a strike that would have forced the cancellation of 1,316 flights between Jan. 25-31 after reaching an agreement with the airline, the SNPVAC union said on Monday. “There was an agreement but there is still a lot of dissatisfaction,” union president Ricardo Penarroias …

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COVID curbs over, China’s tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years

By Kwang JirapornKuhakan PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) – Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended its strict COVID-19 curbs and reopened its borders. “Because of the pandemic, we hadn’t been out of China for three years,” said …

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Glass Lewis recommends vote against Capricorn board, NewMed merger

By Muhammed Husain and Shadia Nasralla (Reuters) -Proxy advisor Glass Lewis recommended Capricorn Energy’s shareholders vote to replace its chief executive and other board members, and against a proposed merger with Israel’s NewMed Energy, according to its report seen by Reuters. The recommendations come ahead of meetings on Feb. 1, where Capricorn shareholders will cast …

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Exclusive-Goldman Sachs to cut asset management investments that weighed on earnings

By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s asset management arm will significantly reduce the $59 billion of alternative investments that weighed on the bank’s earnings, an executive told Reuters. The Wall Street giant plans to divest its positions over the next few years and replace some of those funds on its balance …

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Bolsas y euro suben en un contexto de divergencia entre Fed y BCE sobre tasas

Por Herbert Lash y Elizabeth Howcroft NUEVA YORK/LONDRES, 23 ene (Reuters) -Las bolsas mundiales subían el lunes ante la esperanza de que la Reserva Federal se muestre menos agresiva, mientras que el euro tocaba un máximo de nueve meses ante el dólar por la creciente probabilidad de que haya nuevas subidas de las tasas de …

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Russian tycoon tells Kremlin: Tolerate, don’t punish dissident remote workers

By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Marrow LONDON (Reuters) – One of Russia’s richest tycoons called on the authorities on Monday to tolerate rather than punish hundreds of thousands of workers who have fled abroad due to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, arguing that the country needs their brain power. “People who work for our economy from …

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Autoridades del BCE, en desacuerdo sobre panorama de tasas después de febrero

FRANCFORT, 23 ene (Reuters) – Los responsables de política monetaria del Banco Central Europeo (BCE) expusieron el lunes puntos de vista divergentes sobre futuros aumentos de las tasas de interés, lo que sugiere que las alzas de medio punto porcentual de la próxima semana son un asunto polémico si se aplican después de febrero. El …

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