Analysis: SPACs splash the cash to salvage deals as market unravels
SPACs are turning to costly new tactics to keep investors from jumping ship as market confidence wanes in the once red-hot alternative to IPOs.
Exclusive: ECB puts Russians in EU, even residents, under scanner
FRANKFURT/MADRID, March 15 (Reuters) – European Union regulators have told some banks to scrutinise transactions by all Russian and Belarusian clients, including EU residents, to ensure that they are not used to circumvent Western sanctions against Moscow, three sources told Reuters. The instructions from European Central Bank (ECB) supervisors mean tens of thousands of Russians […]
Explainer: Can Russia pay its creditors, and what happens if not?
Russia is due to pay $117 million in interest on two dollar-denominated sovereign bonds on Wednesday – the first such payments since its invasion of Ukraine which sparked a raft of sanctions from Western capitals and countermeasures from Moscow.
Sanctioned Russia teeters on brink of historic default
The economic cost of Russia’s assault on Ukraine was further exposed on Wednesday as the sanctions-hit country teetered on the brink of its first default on international debt since the Bolshevik revolution.
The current status of the job market in the United States is improving: finding workers remains a challenge
The world’s economy was thrown into chaos as the Covid-19 outbreak wreaked havoc on the globe just when everything appeared to be settling down. However, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has once again hampered the global economy. Oil and other commodities are becoming more expensive. As Covid-19 brought with it a sense of foreboding terror, dread, and […]
UniCredit considers quitting Russia as markets watch for sovereign debt payment
UniCredit (CRDI.MI) is urgently reviewing its Russian business and could decide on a costly exit of the country after its invasion of Ukraine, the Italian bank’s CEO said on Tuesday, as markets watch for a payment on Russian sovereign debt.
Myanmar to accept Thai baht for border trade, eyes using rupee
Myanmar will start accepting the Thai baht currency for settling border trade transactions and is also looking at a similar plan to use the Indian rupee for such trade, the ministries of information and investment said on Tuesday.
Japan urges crypto firms to comply with sanctions against Russia
Japanese authorities ordered crypto exchanges on Monday not to process transactions involving crypto assets subject to asset-freeze sanctions against Russia and Belarus over the war in Ukraine.
Binance gets its first Gulf crypto licence in Bahrain
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been given a crypto-asset service provider licence by Bahrain’s central bank, its first such licence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the company and the bank said on Tuesday.
EXCLUSIVE Petrobras and EIG near deal for Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline -sources
State-run Brazilian oil company Petrobras is close to reaching an agreement to sell to U.S. private equity firm EIG Energy Partners control of a natural gas pipeline that connects Bolivia and southern Brazil, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
