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Ex-PM Khan seeks balanced Pakistan ties with US, China

  Bloomberg Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan said he wants to have good relations with the US, a country that he’s blamed for months of colluding with his successor to oust him from office in April. “We want good relations with China, Russia and the US,” Khan told his supporters in a video-taped address as they marched to the ...

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ECB seen getting $909.5 billon cheap-loan repayments in ’22

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) will probably receive several hundreds of billions of euros in early repayments of long-term loans this year after officials toughened the terms of the program to aid their fight against inflation. Estimates vary widely on how much of the €2.1 trillion ($2.2 trillion) in outstanding cash will be returned this month, the first available ...

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Japan’s megabanks plan $2.5 billion in buybacks

Bloomberg Japan’s biggest banks announced plans to boost shareholder returns, including buybacks of as much as $2.5 billion as global rates hikes spurred an increase in income from loans that helped earnings beat analyst estimates. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. both said they will buy back shares while Mizuho Financial Group Inc. upped a ...

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