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Shareholders of the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development will be asked in May whether
to give the bank the green light for expansion into sub-Saharan
Africa, the bank's president told Reuters.
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Posted at 10:37h
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* ECB interest rate cut bets rise
(Adds comment, updates prices)
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Posted at 10:27h
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Southeast Asian stock markets were
thrashed on Monday as a surge in coronavirus infections outside
China fuelled fears of a global pandemic, while Malaysia closed
at an over eight-year low amid political turmoil.
Market participants cut exposure to riskier assets across
the region, leading to
Posted at 10:25h
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Blackstone Group has raised
its proposed offer to buy Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings
to 6,000 yen ($53.78) from 5,600 yen per share, the
U.S. private equity firm said on Monday, topping a bid by U.S.
investment fund Lone Star.
Posted at 10:19h
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* Foreign firms employ one-in-ten Irish workers
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Posted at 09:31h
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Italy's biggest bank UniCredit
said on Monday boss Jean Pierre Mustier had confirmed
he would remain in his role, after a source told Reuters the
French banker had ruled himself out for the top job at rival
HSBC.
Posted at 09:30h
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British real estate agent Countrywide
confirmed that it was in talks with larger rival LSL
Property Services about a possible all-share combination
on Monday.
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Posted at 09:29h
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Mastercard Inc plans to
hire 1,500 more staff at its global technology hub in Dublin
over the next three to five years, more than trebling the size
of its workforce in Ireland's first major multinational jobs
announcement of 2020.
Posted at 08:53h
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Hong Kong stocks fell the most in four
weeks on Monday, as a spike in coronavirus infections and deaths
beyond mainland China eclipsed Beijing's assurance to step up
efforts to help cushion the blow to its economy.
Posted at 08:37h
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China will increase the
tolerance for non-performing loans (NPL) for local branches of
financial institutions and encourage them to write off some bad
loans to lower the NPL ratio, an official said on Monday.
