US Treasury officials visited Hong Kong in June to urge the city’s central bank, financial institutions and other groups to curb the flow of advanced American-made technology into Russia, the Nikkei reported.
The decline in investments in French commercial real estate accelerated in the second quarter as concerns about the sector mount over the impact of soaring interest rates.
Zambia says it plans to regulate the sale of carbon credits and take a share of the proceeds for its own coffers, following similar moves by Zimbabwe and other African countries aimed at tightening control of the burgeoning market.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker are pressing Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. on an earlier move to flout employee severance pay as mass lay-offs roiled the bankrupt retailer’s stores across the country in recent months, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.
Argentina’s main opposition coalition is beset by infighting that puts at risk what would otherwise be a landslide election victory for the business-friendly group, according to a top local pollster.
Wall Street’s dealmaking businesses are showing signs of a turnaround and renewed momentum after a prolonged slump, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. President Brian Friedman.
The UK construction industry unexpectedly shrank in June as the slump in housebuilding deepened with a further rise in borrowing costs.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon with the goal of finding areas of common economic ground and opening communication channels amid an increasingly turbulent relationship between the world’s two biggest economies.
Rishi Sunak is looking to enroll Germany’s Olaf Scholz to help delay upcoming tariffs on electric vehicles shipped between the UK and the European Union, according to people familiar with the matter.
Bitcoin advanced to a fresh high after several giants of traditional finance sought permission to launch spot exchange-traded funds on the token in the US, fueling optimism about digital assets gaining more mass-market appeal.
