Tag: finance

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva poses for a photo in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting with directors of the ILO, IMF, OECD, World Bank and more to discuss questions on th 2/2 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International Monetary Fund Managing…

© Reuters. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday signed a decree to raise taxes on financial transactions for three months to pay for the so-called Auxílio Brasil pandemic welfare…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A businessman stands on a terrace overlooking a banking district in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A majority of Japanese firms say the world’s third-largest economy will recover to pre-pandemic levels in fiscal 2022, a Reuters poll showed, with many anticipating they will…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY22 budget request for the Treasury Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., June 23, 2021. Greg Nash/Pool 2/3 By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala…

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — i2020, an accelerator program backed by the San Diego-based venture company Torrey Pines Investment, has announced two new start-up investments together with OrbiMed Advisors. The start-up proceeds will finance new oncology-focused companies: Gwynant Therapeutics and Celyn Therapeutics. The companies will use the proceeds to bring proprietary small molecule…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The City of London financial district can be seen as people walk along the south side of the River Thames, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – London will remain a leading global financial centre despite uncertainty over regulation due to…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The United States Department of the Treasury is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 2/2 By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department met with a number of industry participants this week to quiz them about the risks and benefits posed by stablecoins –…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it would begin a virtual mission to Belarus, amid concerns raised about the global lender’s disbursement of new emergency reserves to the government of president Alexander Lukashenko. The staff mission is part of the IMF’s economic surveillance and monitoring mandate and aims to gather more…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk past the Bank of England during morning rush hour, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in London, Britain, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England will raise borrowing costs by end-2022, earlier than previously thought, and there is a chance…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: 20 Euro banknotes are seen in a picture illustration, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Illustration//File Photo 2/2 By Hans Seidenstuecker and John O’Donnell BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German prosecutors raided the finance and justice ministries on Thursday as part of an investigation into the government’s anti-money laundering agency, putting the spotlight on Germany’s…