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Italia
Banche venete, Padoan ribadisce no al bail in. Intervento banche solo volontario
(Teleborsa) - Il ministro dell'Economia Pier Carlo Padoan conferma l'evoluzione positiva dei negoziati con l'UE per la questione delle banche venete, Veneto banca e BPVi, che non faccia ricorso...
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USA
Fed raises key US interest rate
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its latest vote of confidence in a slow-growing but durable economy. The Fed also announced plans to start gradually paring its bond holdings later this year, which could cause long-term rates ...
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Brasile
Campanha do Ministério da Saúde busca reduzir sal das massas
Governo e indústria alimentícia querem fazer o brasileiro ingerir menos cloreto de sódio. Desta vez, o foco é o sal do principal ingrediente do café da manhã, o pãozinho. Documento firmado ontem entre o Ministério da Saúde e representantes das empresas produtoras de comida processada estendeu acordo de cooperação técnica ...
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Cina
Why Did China Detain Anbang’s Chairman? He Tested a Lot of Limits.
Wu Xiaohui often skirted the mostly unwritten rules on what Chinese companies are allowed to do, from big deals to an effort to court Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
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Brasile
Brazil’s Eike Batista Found Guilty of Insider Trading
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With a 2 to 1 vote, Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) found the once billionaire businessman Eike Batista guilty of insider trading, ordering Batista to pay a fine of R$21 million. “There is proof that the changes in the ...
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Egitto Venezuela
Give your kids Western names, face jail term –Egypt parliament
Parents in Egypt could soon be sentenced to six months in jail for giving their children ‘Western’ names such as ‘Mark’, ‘Lara’ and ‘Sam’. A draft law banning the use of ‘foreign names’ was introduced by MP Bedier Abdel Aziz and discussed by his country’s parliament yesterday. Abdel Aziz said ...
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Nigeria
FG moves to stop evasion of taxes by major companies
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government on Wednesday commenced a move aimed at stopping major companies from evading tax. To achieve this, the Federal Executive Council granted permission to the Ministry of Finance to sign a multilateral convention to implement tax treaty related matters to prevent base erosion and profit ...
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Nigeria
Saraki’s victory at CCT, setback for anti-graft war –CSOs
Civil society organisations have said the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s victory at the Code of Conduct Tribunal is a setback in the anti-corruption fight. Saraki, who had been on trial over allegation of false declaration of assets, was discharged and acquitted by the tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja. Chairman of ...
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Cina
China’s best-known tycoons who fell foul of Beijing
Anbang’s Wu Xiaohui is latest business leader to face detention or investigation
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Francia
Marché pétrolier : Le rééquilibrage se poursuit lentement
Le rééquilibrage tant attendu du marché pétrolier est en passe de devenir une réalité à la faveur de la nouvelle conjoncture induite par le dernier accord conclu au sein de l’Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (OPEP). Dans un rapport rendu public, hier, l’Organisation estime, en effet, que «le rééquilibrage ...