Bloomberg Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially launched his bid to return to Brazil’s presidency more than a decade after he left office. The widely expected announcement, marked by an official event in Sao Paulo, kicks off a new phase of the campaign, in which Lula and his running mate Geraldo Alckmin will start traveling across the nation trying ...

Bloomberg Kenya plans to go ahead with a Eurobond sale at possibly the worst time in years. The government still intends to raise $1 billion before the end of June, Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani told reporters in Nairobi. His remarks came days after his department expressed concern in a document that rising global yields meant borrowing might be too expensive ...

  Bloomberg Ireland’s banking sector needs to be allowed to move on from the financial crisis in order to retain staff, the IMF said, as the debate over caps on bankers’ pay intensifies. “It is important to resolve lingering issues” from global financial crisis which include “recognising banks’ need to retain talent, and noting importance of divesting government ownership,” the ...