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BNP Paribas to sell Bank of the West to Canada’s BMO for around $16 billion
PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, France's biggest bank by market capitalisation, said it had agreed to sell its U.S. unit Bank of the West to Canada's BMO Financial Group for around $16.3 billion. BNP P...
Dec 20, 2021
Marketmind: Omicron for Christmas
A look at the day ahead from Danilo Masoni. With the big central bank decisions out of the way, investors can now entirely focus on COVID-19 developments. And what they're seeing isn't looking good. T...
Dec 20, 2021
BE Semiconductor cuts Q4 revenue guidance due to Malaysia floods
(Reuters) -Chipmaking equipment supplier BE Semiconductor (BESI) on Monday said it had lowered its fourth-quarter revenue outlook due to flooding affecting its main production facility in Malaysia. Th...
Dec 20, 2021
StanChart fined $61.5 million for misreporting liquidity position
LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said on Monday it was fining Standard Chartered 46.55 million pounds ($61.51 million) for misreporting its liquidity position to the regulator and for failings in...
Dec 20, 2021
S.Korea sees steady recovery, slightly increases 2022 growth forecast
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expects the economy to grow steadily in 2022, as domestic demand rebounds and export sales remain strong, but said it would continue to provide fiscal stimul...
Dec 20, 2021
Israel bans travel to U.S. over Omicron concerns – official statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Monday banned its citizens from travelling to the United States without special permission, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. A statement...
Dec 20, 2021
UK says 12 deaths and 104 people hospitalised by Omicron
LONDON (Reuters) - Twelve people have died with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, and 104 are currently in hospital with it, Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab told Times Radio on Mond...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Not a party’: UK says of picture of PM Johnson at lockdown gathering
LONDON (Reuters) - A photograph showing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and more than a dozen other people drinking wine in the garden of his Downing Street residence during a lockdown last year ...
Dec 20, 2021
S.Korea’s Moon urges more beds for coronavirus patients in a serious state
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's hospitals must dedicate more beds and resources for the treatment of coronavirus patients, President Moon Jae-in said on Monday, as serious infections hovered near reco...
Dec 20, 2021
Olympics-Denmark, South Korea curlers seal Beijing Winter Games places
(Reuters) - The Danish men's curling team booked their place at next year's Beijing Winter Olympics with a victory over the Czech Republic in a qualifying event in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands over the...
Dec 20, 2021
