MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo said on Friday it had repaid around 5.5 billion euros ($5.81 billion) in loans…
UK’s Hunt: finance reforms won’t repeat pre-2008 mistakes
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said the financial services reforms he announced on Friday would not lead…
Several potential buyers in talks over Lukoil-owned refinery, Italy says
ROME (Reuters) – There are several Italian and international investors interested in a Lukoil-owned refinery based in Sicily, Italy’s industry…
Ghana sets relief measures for banks participating in local debt exchange
By Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s central bank has laid out relief measures for banks that participate in the…
German energy supply secure as France faces cold snap – Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – There are no signs that France’s power generation will fall further than already predicted as the country…
Russia might raise taxes in high-margin resource sectors -Finance Minister
(Reuters) – Russia’s finance ministry will analyse whether there is potential to increase taxes in resource sectors of the economy…
U.S. does not object to Kazakh banks using Russia’s Mir bank card
ALMATY (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department has told banks in Kazakhstan it does not object to Russians in Kazakhstan…
Greek industrial output drops 2.5% y/y in October
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek industrial output dropped 2.5% in October compared to the same month a year earlier after a…
Experts say cheap public transport could ease German inflation
BERLIN (Reuters) – German inflation could cool in the coming months as a result of a low-cost public transport ticket…
U.S. bid for battery metals has Africa blind spot
By Helen Reid and Nelson Banya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mining companies and governments in Africa are calling for stronger trade…