Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed's Bowman keeping open mind on size of rate rise at March meeting
By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said on Monday that she is keeping her options open on the required size of an initial interest rate rise at the central bank's...
Feb 21, 2022
Dry spell worries Ivory Coast cocoa farmers ahead of mid-crop
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A long stretch of below-average rainfall in Ivory Coast's cocoa regions extended into last week, and farmers said strong rains were needed to boost the mid-...
Feb 21, 2022
Markets pricing some geopolitics, but risk premia can grow further -Goldman
LONDON (Reuters) - Global markets are already pricing chunky geopolitical risks but there is scope for risk premia to rise further across all sectors, if a conflict breaks out between Russia and Ukrai...
Feb 21, 2022
EU investment funds need overhaul to exploit single market, says report
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's 19 trillion euro ($21.56 trillion)investment funds industry is failing to exploit the bloc's single market, saddling investors with high costs and ...
Feb 21, 2022
Pakistani prime minister to fly to Moscow to meet Putin this week
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Moscow this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Islamabad confirmed on Monday - the first such trip by a Pakistani lea...
Feb 21, 2022
Ukraine requests urgent UN Security Council talks on de-escalating crisis
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday he had asked member states of the U.N. Security Council to hold urgent discussions on practical steps to guarantee his country'...
Feb 21, 2022
Russian lender Sberbank, retailer X5 in talks to expand cooperation in e-commerce
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lender Sberbank and retailer X5 Group are in talks to expand their cooperation on joint projects in e-commerce, cloud technologies and artificial intelligence, the companies...
Feb 21, 2022
Lula holds healthy lead in Brazil presidential race, poll shows
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva still holds a healthy lead in this year's presidential race over right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, according to a n...
Feb 21, 2022
Russia to decide on recognising Ukraine's breakaway regions on Monday - Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said Russia would decide later on Monday whether or not to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. He made the remark at the end ...
Feb 21, 2022
Strong cause for concern Putin still committed to invasion of Ukraine -UK's Wallace
LONDON (Reuters) - There is strong cause for concern Russian President Vladimir Putin is still committed to an invasion of Ukraine, British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday. Wallace said th...
Feb 21, 2022
