Metro Bank Holdings Plc’s shares rebounded Friday as it emerged the lender is considering the sale of a portion of its mortgage portfolio to shore up confidence in its shares and finances.
Gabon’s new forestry minister, appointed by the country’s military government after an August coup, has eased concern that the world’s second-most forested nation would abandon its role as one of the leading voices advocating the preservation of rain forests.
Investigators at a key US regulator have concluded that the co-founder of Voyager Digital Ltd. broke derivatives regulations before the failed crypto lender plunged into bankruptcy last year, according to people familiar with the matter.
The end of year deadline for the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf to finalize their historic merger is likely to be pushed back as US regulators dig their heels in and players demand more power in the new entity.
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women and her efforts to promote human rights and freedom.
The European Union’s green laws risk being “politicized” in the run-up to the bloc’s elections next June, according to Environmental Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius.
The Reserve Bank of India struck a hawkish policy tone on Friday, saying inflation needs to be tamed and it may take measures to absorb excess cash in the market, sparking a run up in the local bond yields alongside a selloff globally.
A Russian court dropped a case against sanctioned billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and the companies linked to him after an agreement was reached with prosecutors.
BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink sees echoes of Japan’s 1980s “economic miracle” in the nation’s current efforts to transform its economy, he told a roundtable including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday.
Poland’s pro-European Union opposition appears to have seized the momentum in the final stretch of an election campaign that’s due to culminate on Oct. 15.
