By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank on Monday unveiled new methodology and improved safeguards for assessing the business climate in up to 180 countries after embarrassing revelations of data irregularities and favoritism toward China forced it to cancel its flagship rankings two years ago. The bank scrapped its “Doing Business” rankings in September…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine how difficult it should be for financial whistleblowers to win retaliation lawsuits against their employers as the justices took up a long-running case involving Switzerland’s UBS Group AG. The justices will hear an appeal by Trevor Murray, a former UBS bond…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Inc on Monday said it had again limited withdrawals from its $70 billion real estate income trust in April as investor redemption requests continued to pile up. Blackstone said BREIT had received $4.5 billion worth of withdrawal requests in April, but the fund fulfilled only $1.3 billion…
By Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION (Reuters) – News of Santiago Pena’s election victory in Paraguay will be cheered by officials in Taiwan, which faces an uphill battle against China’s economic muscle to keep its remaining 13 allies worldwide, including its last in South America. Pena, who scored a sizeable win in Sunday’s presidential ballot, pledged throughout…
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – A key U.S. banking regulator is set to publish a comprehensive overview of the federal deposit insurance system on Monday, teeing up fresh debate about whether the government should expand protections on bank deposits – and if so, by how much. The review will be the third report issued in…
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said on Monday it will buy most of First Republic Bank’s assets after U.S. regulators seized the troubled bank. The collapse marks the third major U.S. lender to fail in less than two months, after a week of panic which saw First Republic…
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co will buy most of First Republic Bank’s assets in a last-ditch rescue led by U.S. regulators, marking the third major U.S. institution to fail in two months. The deal, announced early on Monday as regulators seized First Republic, will see the largest U.S. bank acquire $173 billion of loans,…
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said China has agreed to discuss fishing rights in the South China Sea, as he pushed for a “direct communication line” with Beijing on maritime differences. China has agreed to “sit down” and talk about Filipinos’ fishing rights in the South China Sea, Marcos said, adding he has…
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) -The surprise contraction in China’s manufacturing index in April, coming after first quarter growth exceeded expectations, underlines the uneven nature of the recovery in the world’s second-biggest economy. This variable economic story is likely to be mirrored in China’s imports of major commodities, with strength in some areas being…
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co is buying most of First Republic Bank’s assets, which had been seized by United States regulators, in a last-ditch rescue for the strained lender, marking the third major U.S. bank to fail in two months. Last week, First Republic reported a more than $100 billion plunge in deposits in…
