Month: May 2023

Go First owner has no plans to exit airline: CEO

The day after India’s Go Airlines filed for bankruptcy, Reuters exclusively reported that its owner does not intend to exit the cash-strapped airline. In its bankruptcy filing, India’s third-largest airline, which recently re-branded as Go First, claimed its failure followed a refusal by Pratt & Whitney to abide by an arbitration order to release spare […]
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White House: Fed interest rates having negative effect on banking

In an exclusive conversation with Reuters, Heather Boushey, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said Federal Reserve interest rate hikes aimed at curbing inflation were having a negative impact on the banking sector and warned Republicans against worsening the situation with their debt ceiling threats.  The post White House: Fed interest […]
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China guides banks to further cut deposit rates

Reuters exclusively reported that members of China’s “interest rate self-regulatory mechanism,” mostly banks, met this month and were urged to reduce deposit rates as a way to guide the country’s savings into spending and more productive investments. The post China guides banks to further cut deposit rates appeared first on Reuters News Agency.
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Pakistan makes its first purchase of discounted Russian oil

Reuters exclusively revealed that Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow that offers Russia a new outlet, adding to Moscow’s growing sales to India and China as it redirects oil from western markets due to the Ukraine conflict. The post Pakistan makes its […]
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Subway comes up with debt plan to clinch $10 billion-plus sale

Reuters was first to report on Sunday that the bankers running the sale process for Subway have given the private equity firms vying for the sandwich chain a $5 billion acquisition financing plan, hoping to overcome a challenging environment for leveraged buyouts and fetch the company’s asking price of more than $10 billion. So far, […]
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FDIC prepares to place First Republic under receivership 

Reuters was the first to report that a U.S. banking regulator was preparing to put regional lender First Republic Bank in receivership, marking the second largest U.S. bank failure of all time and the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis. First Republic shares dropped as much as 58% in after-market trading on Friday after the […]
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