Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon must face fraud allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday. Kwon and Terraform Labs were behind two cryptocurrencies whose implosion roiled crypto markets around the world last year. U.S. District Judge Jed … Read more

Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned

Nordic governments seek to de-escalate tension as more Korans are burned

[1/4]A Danish flag flies outside the foreign ministry in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM, July 31 (Reuters) – More Koran burnings took place in Sweden and Denmark on Monday as the governments of the two Nordic countries said they were examining ways to legally limit such acts in a bid to de-escalate … Read more

Texas judge partially blocks small business loan rule

Texas judge partially blocks small business loan rule

July 31 (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Monday ruled that many lenders need not comply with a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mandate to gather demographic data on small business borrowers while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the agency’s funding. The Texas Bankers Association (TBA), American Bankers Association (ABA) and a small Texas bank … Read more

Ron DeSantis, in campaign speech, lashes out at China, corporate power

Ron DeSantis, in campaign speech, lashes out at China, corporate power

ROCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis took an aggressive swipe at China, railed against what he described as corporate bailouts, and said he would rein in the Federal Reserve in an economic policy speech on Monday. The speech contained relatively few new concrete policy proposals, but underlined how … Read more

Le Gabon lance un appel d’offres pour le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique

Le Gabon lance un appel d’offres pour le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique

LONDRES/JOHANNESBURG, 25 juillet (Reuters) – Le Gabon a lancé mardi ce qui sera le premier échange dette-nature d’Afrique, avec un plan visant à racheter au moins 450 millions de dollars de sa dette publique et à l’échanger contre une obligation bleue écologique. Les plages et les eaux côtières du Gabon abritent la plus grande population … Read more

Elon Musk dit que l’oiseau bleu de Twitter sera remplacé par un X

Elon Musk dit que l’oiseau bleu de Twitter sera remplacé par un X

23 juillet (Reuters) – Le propriétaire de Twitter Inc, Elon Musk, a indiqué dimanche qu’il ferait plus pour pousser la société de médias sociaux dans une nouvelle direction avec un changement de marque qui remplacera son logo d’oiseau bleu familier par un X après avoir reconnu que les annonceurs ont mis du temps à revenir. … Read more

Focus: Shifting trends in travel demand bedevil US airlines

Focus: Shifting trends in travel demand bedevil US airlines

A general view of Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo CHICAGO, July 21 (Reuters) – Consumers continue to splurge on air tickets. But travel patterns are shifting so often, partly due to work-life changes wrought by the pandemic, that airlines must constantly adapt on booking plane seats and … Read more