BEIRUT / AP Hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance money for cash-strapped Lebanon is being held up because of the country’s nearly two-year-old political stalemate, the president of the World Bank group warned, imploring the country’s politicians to vote for a president who can enact laws. In an interview in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Jim Yong Kim also said ...

Reuters GameStop Corp, the world’s largest retailer of video games, forecast first-quarter revenue below analysts’ estimates, blaming a lack of major videogame releases and weaker hardware sales. The company’s shares were down 5.6 percent at $28.55 in after-market trading this week. They had declined as much as 8.3 percent earlier. GameStop’s sales have been languishing as videogame publishers such as ...

Bloomberg Latam Airlines Group SA and Avianca Holdings SA were both downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which said that the economic slowdown in the region will be an obstacle for them to cut debt. Fitch cut Latam’s long-term foreign currency credit grade one step to B+, four levels below investment grade. The outlook for the Santiago-based carrier ...