AMSTERDAM, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Core profits at the Port of Rotterdam rose 6.1% last year despite a slight decline in cargo turnover, it said on Thursday as Russian coal, LNG and oil were replaced by other energy sources. Europe’s largest port said throughput fell 0.3% to 467.4 million tons, but earnings before interest, taxes, … Read more
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s executive board is looking to select a new president by early May after it was revealed last week that David Malpass would leave the top job long before his contract expired in April 2024, the bank said in a statement. posted late at night. on Wednesday. The … Read more
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s executive board is looking to select a new president by early May after it was revealed last week that David Malpass would leave the top job long before his contract expired in April 2024, the bank said in a statement. posted late at night. on Wednesday. The … Read more
Italian Finance Ministry is looking for ways to stimulate the Milan stock exchange Last year, 15 firms left Euronext Milan, as well as six newcomers. League insists key shareholders have tight control over companies ROME, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Italy’s League of the Right has submitted a bill to parliament that would increase the ability … Read more
Interim dividend of AUD 46 per share HY Profit Rises On Strong Sales, Beating Expectations Cost inflation higher than recent history Shares up 2% SYDNEY, 22 Feb. (Reuters) – Australia’s largest grocer Woolworths Group Ltd. (WOW.AX) said the inflation-driven ditching of eating out helped boost sales, boosting the company’s stock after its half-year earnings beat … Read more
Interim dividend of AUD 46 per share HY Profit Rises On Strong Sales, Beating Expectations Cost inflation higher than recent history Shares up 2% SYDNEY, 22 Feb. (Reuters) – Australia’s largest grocer Woolworths Group Ltd. (WOW.AX) said the inflation-driven ditching of eating out helped boost sales, boosting the company’s stock after its half-year earnings beat … Read more
SEOUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) – North Korea’s official newspaper said on Wednesday that relying on foreign aid to tackle food shortages would be tantamount to accepting “poisoned candy”, calling for economic self-sufficiency despite worsening hardship amid sanctions and lockdowns due to for the coronavirus. In recent years, the isolated country has suffered from food shortages … Read more
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21 (Reuters) – The remains of 28 human bodies buried at least 400 years ago in Mexico indicate a fusion of pre-Hispanic and Catholic cultures brought by the Spanish colonizers, local researchers told Reuters. The discovery came during the construction of a picturesque pavilion in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park in February, when … Read more
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21 (Reuters) – The remains of 28 human bodies buried at least 400 years ago in Mexico indicate a fusion of pre-Hispanic and Catholic cultures brought by the Spanish colonizers, local researchers told Reuters. The discovery came during the construction of a picturesque pavilion in Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park in February, when … Read more
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (Reuters) – A former Mexican law enforcement official who once led his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday of accepting bribes from the Sinaloa cartel. Federal prosecutors in the New York Borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia Luna received millions of dollars in bribes from a cartel once … Read more