ASTANA (Reuters) – Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilisation that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbe…
ECB’s Villeroy lays out plan for shrinking balance sheet
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The European Central Bank should start shrinking its balance sheet once its interest rate is close to 2%, first by getting banks to repay their loans and then by whittling down its bond holdings, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy d…
Monte dei Paschi’s talks with banks over $2.4 billion cash call drag on – sources
By Valentina Za, Giuseppe Fonte and Pamela Barbaglia MILAN (Reuters) -Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s talks with banks set to guarantee its latest share sale will stretch into Wednesday as the underwriters seek reassurances about how much stock they could …
UK moves to cap revenues of low-carbon energy producers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain set out plans for a temporary revenue limit on low-carbon electricity generators on Tuesday, which the government said had the potential to save billions of pounds for consumers. The “Cost-Plus-Revenue Limit” forms part of a …
Actress Angela Lansbury dead at age 96, family says
(Reuters) – Angela Lansbury, the British-born actress whose career spanned eight decades and produced indelible portraits of a wide range of characters from villainesses to sleuths and light comic roles in movies, on the stage and on television, died a…
Lebanon, Israel clinch maritime border deal
By Timour Azhari and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic agreement demarcating a disputed maritime border between them after years of U.S.-mediated negotiations, officials said on Tuesday. While limited …
Iran protests over woman’s death persist despite crackdown
DUBAI (Reuters) -Clashes between protesters and security forces persisted across Iran on Tuesday, with social media videos showing tanks being transported to Kurdish areas, which have been a focal point of the crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini’s d…
IMF warns of slowing growth, rising market risks as finance officials meet
By David Lawder and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that colliding pressures from inflation, war-driven energy and food crises and sharply higher interest rates were pushing the world to the brink…
Bank of England’s Bailey tells pension funds they have 3 days to rebalance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey told pension fund managers to finish rebalancing their positions by Friday when the British central bank is due to end its emergency support programme for the county’s fragile bond market. “W…
Columbia Threadneedle suspends dealing in UK fund to restore liquidity
(Reuters) – Investment manager Columbia Threadneedle said on Tuesday it has suspended dealing in 453 million pound ($503.51 million) CT UK Property Authorised Investment Fund and its feeder fund to restore liquidity. Income from the fund and its feeder…