South Africans call for UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star…
May 2023
Suriname reaches debt restructuring deal with bondholders
By Rodrigo Campos, Jorgelina do Rosario and Ank Kuipers NEW YORK/LONDON/PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Suriname reached an agreement in principle with its…
Alibaba’s global online commerce arm weighs US IPO – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s international online shopping unit is exploring a U.S. initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported on…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian gunmen who shot British-Israelis
By Ali Sawafta NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces on Thursday killed two Palestinian gunmen who shot dead a British-Israeli…
ConocoPhillips beats first-quarter profit on high fuel demand, tight supplies
(Reuters) – U.S. shale producer ConocoPhillips beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday as sustained fuel demand and…
Exclusive-Venezuela’s oil tankers at risk of sinking, fires, spills, report finds
By Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO (Reuters) – More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela’s fleet are so…
Adviser to Italy’s Treasury tables proposal for windfall tax on banks
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy should introduce a tax on banks to claw back extra profits made on…
UniCredit to use 300 million euro charges for staff exits-sources
MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit will use restructuring charges to help fund voluntary exits for some of the additional 1,000 employees who…
Blackstone mulls sale of Dutch bank NIBC –sources
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Amy-Jo Crowley and Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. buyout house Blackstone is weighing options for…
UK businesses raise prices to pass on higher wage costs: PMI
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s services sector kicked off the second quarter with its fastest growth in a year,…