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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective mask as she crosses a bridge with her dog in front of the skyline as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues during an extended lockdown and a demand by the German government for more home office p 2/2 FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Economic growth…

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Human trafficking, the second largest criminal industry worldwide, is also the fastest growing, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Louisiana, with Interstates 10, 12 and 20, has some of the worst human trafficking corridors in the nation. This prompted hard-hitting laws via bipartisan legislation. Yet, the problem…

2/2 © Reuters. General view of the Canary Wharf financial district, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs 2/2 By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly a hundred highly paid bankers left Britain ahead of its departure from the European Union, the bloc’s banking watchdog said…

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has included a bill seeking to ease the country’s strict bank secrecy rules in his list of legislative priorities in his final year in office, the central bank said on Wednesday. The move comes weeks after a global dirty money watchdog – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…

2/2 © Reuters. A general view of Beirut central district, Lebanon, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 2/2 By Laila Bassam and Nafisa Eltahir BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s central bank governor said nobody was running the country, hitting back after government criticism of his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves. In an interview…

2/2 © Reuters. A general view of Beirut central district, Lebanon, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 2/2 By Laila Bassam and Nafisa Eltahir BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s central bank governor said nobody was running the country as he defended his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves, saying the government could resolve the…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh maintained his innocence amid allegations of corruption, saying in a radio interview on Saturday that his conscience was clear.…

© Reuters. Junior Bankers’ Raises Widen Record Pay Gap Among College Grads (Bloomberg) — Much of Michael Lewis’s graphic description of life for junior bankers in the early 1980s still rings true today. Fresh college grads “gave themselves over entirely” to firms, working so many nights and weekends that one friend learned to nap on…

© Reuters. Kuwaiti entrepreneur Abdulaziz al-Mubarak, head of the Kuwaiti Union of Small and Medium Enterprises, speaks at his children’s clothing store in Avenues mall in Al-Rai, Kuwait, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) – Thousands of small and medium Kuwaiti businesses could go to the wall after being walloped by…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People are seen on Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Corrects Mark Jenkins quote in 7th paragraph) By Chibuike Oguh and Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – The abundance of cheap corporate debt is pushing investors who typically buy the…