EXCLUSIVE Contracts show Lebanon’s central bank obscured recipients of commissions

For more than a decade, Lebanon’s central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities without making clear that the bulk of those commissions went to a company controlled by the brother of the central bank’s governor, according to documents seen by Reuters.
Orange sees return to core profit growth in 2022

Orange (ORAN.PA), France’s biggest telecoms operator, expects a return to core profit growth in 2022 after lower returns from co-financing deals and high competition in the Spanish market hit earnings last year.