Insider – DFL treibt Einstieg von Investoren wieder voran

(ergänzt im zweiten Absatz entfallenen Namen von sechstem Bieter Advent) Frankfurt (Reuters) – Der Verkaufsprozess für eine Beteiligung von Finanzinvestoren an den milliardenschweren Medienrechten der Fußball-Bundesliga nimmt laut Insidern nach dem Führungswechsel bei der DFL wieder Fahrt auf. Schon Anfang März sollen die verbliebenen sechs Interessenten Einblick in die Bücher nehmen können, sagten fünf mit …

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Indian shares fall in volatile session on rate-hike worries

By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares swung between gains and losses, before settling lower on Thursday as investors continued to fret over the likelihood that global central banks would have to keep raising interest rates to tackle inflation. Volatility remained high with the expiration of the February derivatives series. The Nifty 50 index closed …

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Habeck dringt auf Schließung von Sanktionslücken gegen Russland

Berlin (Reuters) – Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck (Grüne) will die Umgehung von Sanktionen gegen Russland stärker als bislang bekämpfen. Außenhandelsdaten deuteten darauf hin, dass EU-sanktionierte Güter “in erheblichem Maß aus der EU und damit auch aus Deutschland in bestimmte Drittländer ausgeführt und von dort nach Russland weiter exportiert werden”, heißt es in einem am Donnerstag öffentlich …

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Inflation im Euroraum schwächt sich zu Jahresbeginn ab

Frankfurt (Reuters) – Der nachlassende Preisauftrieb bei Energie hat die Inflation im Euroraum zu Jahresbeginn deutlich sinken lassen. Die Verbraucherpreise nahmen im Januar binnen Jahresfrist um 8,6 Prozent zu, wie das Statistikamt Eurostat am Donnerstag mitteilte. Die erste Schätzung hatte sogar noch einen Tick niedriger bei 8,5 Prozent gelegen. Noch im Dezember hatte die Inflation …

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China to step up support to southern Hengqin and Qianhai economic zones

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s financial regulators said they will increase support to boost the opening-up of the Hengqin and Qianhai economic zones in southern China, to better facilitate cross-border trade and investment. The regulators rolled out 30 measures to the two economic zones that aim to “further promote China’s financial opening-up and innovation, and to deepen …

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Need to pause rate hikes as risks to India’s growth significant – rate panel’s Varma

By Swati Bhat and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – Risks to India’s growth are higher than the risk of further inflation as major drivers of price increases are dissipating, justifying a pause in further rate hikes, Jayant Varma, an external member of the country’s monetary policy panel said on Thursday. The Reserve Bank of India has …

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JPMorgan says it is not liable for top banker’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co on Wednesday said it should not be held liable for a former top executive’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of facilitating its former client’s sex trafficking enterprise. In a filing in Manhattan federal court, JPMorgan said emails …

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China’s consumer market shows ‘strong’ recovery in January – commerce ministry

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s consumer market recovery was “strong” in January, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, in one of its first optimistic assessments of consumption, which until this year had been reined in by a weak economy and tough COVID-19 policies. Reviving consumer demand quickly is critical for an economic recovery this year as …

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Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana’s taste for coffee

(Corrects Lanyoh’s title in last paragraph to aspiring sommelier) ASHANTI KPOETA, GHANA (Reuters) -From dozens of farms nestled among the hills of Ghana’s Volta region to the cafes and restaurants of the capital, Accra, the women farming and marketing Ghanaian coffee are working to gain a firmer foothold in the small but growing sector. Ghana …

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Moderna’s combination skin cancer therapy receives FDA’s breakthrough tag

(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Wednesday its experimental personalised mRNA skin cancer vaccine in combination with Merck & Co Inc’s drug Keytruda has received breakthrough therapy designation from U.S. regulators as an additional treatment for high risk patients. Shares of Moderna rise 2.5% to $164 after the market. The breakthrough tag is granted by the …

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