By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apollo Global Management Inc said on Tuesday its first-quarter adjusted net income fell 8% year-on-year, missing estimates, as a jump in management fees and investment income could not offset the impact of a drop in asset sales. Like its peers, private equity firm Apollo was hit by a…
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government on Tuesday boasted the first budget surplus in 15 years as strong jobs growth and bumper mining profits swelled its coffers, but it will quickly be swallowed up by spending on everything from health to energy and defence. In his second budget since winning power in…
By Oliver Hirt and Tomasz Janowski ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS Group said on Tuesday that Credit Suisse CEO Ulrich Koerner will stay on after the takeover of its Swiss rival as part of a new leadership team of the combined group. Announcing its leadership reshuffle, UBS also promoted Todd Tuckner, now finance chief of its core…
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Nothing is decided yet – on any front. With world markets still at an impasse on the extent of the economic slowdown and chance of recession, the U.S. debt ceiling impasse remains unresolved – and Tuesday’s showdown at the…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and South Korea are set to agree early next month to link their radars via a U.S. system to share real-time information on North Korea’s ballistic missiles, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Defence ministers from Japan, South Korea and the United States plan to reach an…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s finance ministry said on Tuesday arrangements had been made to repay or roll over this fiscal year’s $3.7 billion debt. “This should not be any cause of concern as arrangements have been made for the rollover/repayment of this debt,” the ministry said in a statement. Pakistan’s economy has been in turmoil for…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden meets Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday afternoon for closed-door talks as a potentially catastrophic June default looms. The 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) meeting is not expected to produce anything close to…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s passenger vehicle sales rose by 2.1% in April from a month earlier, industry data showed, underscoring a slower pace of growth as the stimulus effect of price cuts and incentives faded. Car sales in April totalled 1.65 million units, 54.5% higher from a year earlier when COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted productions and…
BERLIN (Reuters) -Daimler Truck reported on Tuesday a rise in first-quarter return on sales but maintained its 2023 outlook due to instability in the supply chain for semiconductors which it said was partly due to cyber attacks at its suppliers. The automaker itself had not been attacked, Chief Financial Officer Jochen Goetz said on a…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund staff have reached agreement with Niger’s government on new financing of around $133 million and the third review of another facility that could lead to a disbursement of about $27 million, the IMF said on Tuesday. The agreement is subject to the approval of the IMF executive board, which…
