MILAN (Reuters) – The average interest paid on 12-month deposits in Italy stood at 2.48% at the end of March, up from 2.36% in February, data showed, as banks slowly pass higher official interest rates on to depositors. European banks have been slow in raising returns on cash deposited by retail customers but analysts expect …
(Reuters) -A U.S. court on Wednesday denied AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc’s request to lift a status quo order on converting its preferred stock into common shares. In February, AMC investors sued the theater operator accusing it and several of its directors of violating a law by creating the preferred shares in an attempt to “eviscerate” …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been undercut by illegal imports, sending a promise of a new bonanza crop up in smoke. Marijuana has also become an election football with the opposition criticising …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday the country’s central bank has sent “several signs” that measures being taken by government to balance public accounts, including a newly proposed fiscal framework, were “consistent”. As the government pressures policymakers to lower interest rates, Haddad highlighted in an interview with BandNews that …
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian economic activity expanded at a faster pace in March as employment and inventories both climbed, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted index rose to 58.2 from 51.6 in February. The Ivey PMI measures the month to month variation in economic activity as indicated by a …
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SANTIAGO, 6 abr (Reuters) – El gobierno del presidente chileno Gabriel Boric anunció el jueves que fortalecerá las funciones policiales y reasignará recursos para combatir el crimen, en medio de una crisis de seguridad que se agudizó las últimas horas tras la muerte de un policía durante la madrugada, el tercero en menos de un …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said the global economy faced increased downside risks following recent bank failures in Switzerland and United States that exposed financial risks. Georgieva called on policymakers to carefully balance the fight against persistent inflation with managing risks in the financial sector. But she had …
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Por Elvira Pollina MILÁN, 6 abr (Reuters) -El ex primer ministro italiano Silvio Berlusconi sufre desde hace algún tiempo cáncer a la sangre crónico y actualmente se encuentra en cuidados intensivos por una infección pulmonar, dijeron sus médicos el jueves. Berlusconi, de 86 años y cuyo imperio mediático lo convirtió en multimillonario, está ingresado en …
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– von Olena Harmash Kiew (Reuters) – Eine App für Mobilfunkgeräte soll der Ukraine bei der Suche nach im Krieg verlorenen Kindern helfen. Die Regierung in Kiew habe gemeinsam mit der US-Technologiefirma “Find My Parent” die App “Reunite Ukraine” entwickelt, welche Familien zusammenbringen solle, die durch die Kriegshandlungen getrennt worden seien, sagte der Vize-Chef der …
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. venture capitalist Stacey Brandhorst has traveled Latin America giving advice to fledgling entrepreneurs. But communist-run Cuba, she says, is a tough nut to crack. “Being an entrepreneur is one thing, but (being one) in Cuba is entirely another,” she recently told a group of around 50 Cubans in …
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