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ZURICH, March 28 (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) will examine its banking relationships following the planned acquisition of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) by UBS (UBSG.S), the food group’s CEO Mark Schneider said on Tuesday. The world’s largest food group was a customer of Credit Suisse, Schneider told broadcaster TeleZueri in an interview to be shown Tuesday evening, … Read more
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JOHANNESBURG, March 28 (Reuters) – China has spent $240 billion between 2008 and 2021 to bail out 22 developing countries, with the amount soaring in recent years as more people have struggled to repay loans spent on building of “Belt & Road” infrastructure, according to a study published Tuesday. Nearly 80% of bailout loans were … Read more
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 27 (Reuters) – Airports and bus and train stations across Germany shut down on Monday morning, causing disruption for millions at the start of the working week in one of the biggest strikes in decades as Europe’s largest economy teeters from inflation. The 24-hour strikes called by the Verdi trade union and the … Read more
NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) – Some investors and analysts are calling for more coordinated interventions by central banks to restore financial stability as they fear the turmoil in the global banking sector will continue amid rising interest rates. After the collapse of two US lenders this month and the Swiss government-orchestrated takeover of troubled … Read more
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT, March 26 (Reuters) – Stress in the banking sector is under close scrutiny due to its potential to trigger a credit crunch, a US Federal Reserve policymaker said on Sunday, while a European Central Bank official also suggested a possible credit tightening. . Authorities around the world are on high alert about the fallout … Read more
ZURICH, March 26 (Reuters) – Swiss financial regulator FINMA said it was considering disciplinary action against managers at Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) after Switzerland’s second largest bank had to be bailed out by UBS (UBSG) last week .S). FINMA president Marlene Amstad told Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag it was “still open” whether a new procedure … Read more
ZURICH, March 25 (Reuters) – Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) tapped the Swiss National Bank for “a large multibillion-dollar sum” over the weekend to safeguard its liquidity, the country’s finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter told me. Saturday to the Swiss broadcaster SRF. . The troubled Swiss bank had said last week it planned to borrow up to 50 … Read more
March 25 (Reuters) – US authorities are considering expanding an emergency credit facility that would provide more support to banks, in a bid to give First Republic Bank (FRC.N) more time to strengthen its balance sheet, Bloomberg News reported. on Saturday. All deliberations are in the early stages and an expansion of the Federal Reserve’s … Read more
March 24 (Reuters) – Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) is moving parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The reorganization, which is expected to be announced soon, would mean those working on manufacturing engineering would be asked … Read more
OTTAWA, March 24 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday that federal deposit insurance could be tapped for deposits over $250,000 if other US banks fail, expressing confidence that medium-sized US banks would ease industry tensions. to survive. Biden said U.S. banks are in “quite” good shape, people’s savings were safe and he didn’t … Read more