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World Bank chief financial officer and former Brazilian finance minister Joaquim Levy has accepted far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's offer to lead state development bank BNDES, Bolsonaro adviser Paulo Guedes said on Monday.

Sustrans says almost half of bicycle tracks are in a poor or very poor state

Andrew Left, whose Citron Research has published critical reports on Chinese companies and profited when their shares dropped, is now making a contrarian call by going long on some.

Russian state bank VTB on Monday challenged media to a legally-binding bet of 1 billion roubles ($14.79 million) over what it said were incorrect reports it provided a loan to finance the sale of a stake in Rosneft to Qatar's sovereign wealth fund.

More than 20 countries at WTO say London-Brussels proposal means they will lose out

Shares of Mexican bank Grupo Financiero Banorte fell more than 8 percent on Monday on uncertainty over a bill in Congress that would cut bank commissions.

Administrators of some of the country's largest public pension funds have decided they are interested in sustainable investing - and the financial industry is listening. Investing with a focus on environmental, social and governance issues - known as ESG - now amounts to $12 trillion in the...

Citron Research's Andrew Left, one of the most prominent short-sellers on Wall Street, is bearish on Canadian cannabis producers such as Tilray Inc , despite big gains last week, as he expects them to be overtaken by U.S. rivals once recreational marijuana is legalized in the United States, he told...

* Infineon drops despite robust update (Adds details, closing prices)