Republican state officials threaten legal action over company diversity policies
(Refiles to replace ‘attorney generals’ with ‘attorneys general’ throughout) By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of Republican U.S. state attorneys…
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StanChart to sell five sub-Saharan Africa businesses to Access Bank
DUBAI (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in five sub-Saharan…
SEC fines Cantor Fitzgerald over repeated failure to identify large traders
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined Cantor Fitzgerald $1.4 million for repeatedly failing…
One in four UK single parent households unable to afford food
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of…
Czech lawmakers give initial backing to $7 billion budget savings package
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech parliament’s lower house gave initial backing on Friday to the centre-right government’s package of spending…
European sovereign bond funds pull in record $15 billion in second quarter
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Global investors poured a record amount of money into European sovereign bond funds in…
State Street beats profit estimates as interest income rises
(Reuters) – State Street Corp on Friday beat profit estimates for the second quarter as the bank’s interest income benefited…
Ukraine posts trade deficit of $8.97 billion in Jan-May
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s trade deficit grew to $8.97 billion in the first five months of the year compared with…
China’s BYD says H1 net profit could more than triple
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co LTD forecast strong growth in its six-month net profit on…
Erdogan says he is in agreement with Putin that grain deal should be extended
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he is in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin…