Italy is out of the traps fast in 2022 with a new 30-year syndicated bond. It’s a bold move as European yields have increased substantially in recent weeks in conjunction with the selloff in US Treasuries. Investor appetite is still strong with over 43 billion euros ($49 billion) of orders for what is an expected 7 billion euro issue — ...

  Last October, Citigroup Inc. told about 70,000 of its employees to get Covid-19 vaccinations or lose their jobs. Today, the banking giant made good on that promise, telling its staff that any who remain unvaccinated by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and then lose their jobs at month’s end. “As it has become crystal clear that ...

  Appealing for outside help to quell protests that have rocked Kazakhstan this week, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev claimed his government was under attack by “terrorist” groups that had “received extensive training abroad.” In fact, ordinary Kazakhs have plenty reason of their own to be angry. Tokayev would be better off addressing that frustration than trying to violently suppress it. The ...