Credit Suisse pays down debt to calm investors

Credit Suisse will buy back up to 3 billion Swiss francs ($3 billion) of debt, an attempt by the Swiss bank to show its financial muscle and reassure investors concerned about the lender’s overhaul and how much it may cost.

Oil prices edge down, recession fears back in focus

Oil prices fell on Friday amid recession fears and a stronger U.S. dollar, though losses were capped by supply concerns after Moscow’s new mobilisation campaign in its war with Ukraine and an apparent deadlock in talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

U.S. adds 14 Chinese companies, to economic black list over Xinjiang

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday added 14 Chinese companies and other entities to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang. The Commerce Department said the companies had been “implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China’s campaign of repression, mass […]

Toshiba CEO Tsunakawa named interim chairman after investors oust Nagayama

TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) – Toshiba’s (6502.T) board appointed CEO Satoshi Tsunakawa as interim chairman on Friday after investors voted to oust his predecessor in a stunning rebuke for its collusion with the Japanese government against shareholders. Tsunakawa’s appointment came after shareholders delivered a clear message to management by voting out Osamu Nagayama as chairman and another […]