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Telecom Italia seeks 3 billion euro credit lines with state guarantee – sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) has started talks with a pool of banks for credit lines worth around 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) that could be partly guaranteed by Italy's trade insurer SACE...
Apr 20, 2022
Fed’s Evans repeats view he sees interest rates at neutral rate by year end
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should proceed sensibly in raising interest rates as it waits to see if special factors pushing up inflation begin to recede, Chicago Federal Reserve President Cha...
Apr 20, 2022
COVID cases down in the Americas even as North America faces increase -PAHO
By Gabriel Araujo and Steven Grattan SAO PAULO (Reuters) -COVID-19 cases and deaths are declining in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, with infections last w...
Apr 20, 2022
Raising Fed’s policy rate to 2.5% by end of 2022 is ‘prudent,’ Daly says
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Wednesday said she supports getting the U.S. central bank's benchmark overnight interest rate up to about 2.5% by the end of the year, ...
Apr 20, 2022
Swedish prosecutor opens preliminary investigation into alleged Ericsson bribes in Iraq – TT news agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation in to alleged bribes paid by telecom giant Ericsson in Iraq, Swedish news agency TT said on Wednesday, quoting the pros...
Apr 20, 2022
EU plan for common worldwide phone charger port takes step closer
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's bid to adopt a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones took a step forward on Wednesday when an EU panel backed the pro...
Apr 20, 2022
Trump urges judge to deny New York attorney general’s contempt request
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump is urging a New York court to reject state Attorney General Letitia James' bid to hold him in contempt, saying he does not have documents she su...
Apr 20, 2022
World Bank sees economies reducing dependence on Russia for energy, on China for supply chains
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday said he expects a "strong effort" by major economies to reduce their dependence on Russia for energy supplies an...
Apr 20, 2022
ASML boss says “zero” signs of easing demand from semiconductor manufacturers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - There is no sign of any slackening in demand from semiconductor manufacturers amid the global computer chip shortage, the chief executive of key equipment supplier ASML Holding N...
Apr 20, 2022
‘Panicked’ Russians withdrew $9.8 billion in FX from banks in March
(Reuters) - Russian households withdrew foreign currency worth $9.8 billion from their accounts in March and banks cut new corporate lending by around one third, the central bank said on Wednesday, as...
Apr 20, 2022
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