Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Bankman-Fried on all … Read more

Exclusive: Natgas producer Chesapeake explores buying Southwestern Energy -sources

Exclusive: Natgas producer Chesapeake explores buying Southwestern Energy -sources

A 3D printed oil barrels and oil pump jack are seen in front of displayed Chesapeake Energy logo in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.O) has approached Southwestern Energy (SWN.N), a peer valued by the stock market at … Read more

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

[1/5]Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks at their Rouge Visitor Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. October 16, 2023. Jeff Kowalsky/Ford Motor Co./Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Ford (F.N) executive chairman Bill Ford on Monday urged the United Auto Workers union to end a 32-day strike … Read more

Citigroup profit beats estimates on trading, interest payments; CEO pushes overhaul

Citigroup profit beats estimates on trading, interest payments; CEO pushes overhaul

Customers use ATMs at a Citibank branch in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City, U.S. October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Zieminski/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Citigroup’s (C.N) third-quarter profit beat estimates on Friday as it benefited from a surge in trading revenue, investment banking … Read more

World Bank explores expanding loan guarantees for private financing

World Bank explores expanding loan guarantees for private financing

A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund – World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo Acquire Licensing Rights MARRAKECH, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The World Bank on Monday said it is looking at ways to expand the guarantees it … Read more

Bankrupt drugmaker Mallinckrodt considers sale of opioid business – WSJ

Bankrupt drugmaker Mallinckrodt considers sale of opioid business – WSJ

Bottles of prescription painkillers Oxycodone Hydrochloride, 30mg pills, made by Mallinckrodt sit on a counter at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 25, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 18 (Reuters) – Bankrupt drugmaker Mallinckrodt is in talks with major investors about selling some or all of its business units, which … Read more

Column: US rates biting beneath the surface

Column: US rates biting beneath the surface

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. business bankruptcies may raise a red flag in what otherwise appears like an economy now impervious to rising interest rates. News of accelerating service sector growth last month and another drop in jobless claims this week are just the latest in a string of data showing the U.S. … Read more

Exclusive: Stroeer considers options for 2024 sale of data business Statista -sources

Exclusive: Stroeer considers options for 2024 sale of data business Statista -sources

FRANKFURT/LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – German advertising group Stroeer is considering possible options for the sale of Statista in 2024, in a process which could value the data gathering business at up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion), four sources familiar with the matter said. Private equity firms are looking at Statista ahead of a … Read more

Analysis: European private loan market falters as corporate credit stress mounts

Analysis: European private loan market falters as corporate credit stress mounts

Private debt fundraising and deals slow Industry tested by new high rate environment Lending squeeze set to aggravate default risks LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Direct lending, a key but expensive source of credit for riskier European firms that banks often shy away from, is running out of steam, a fresh sign that aggressive interest … Read more