July, 2022

• 25 July

  Joe Biden continues to improve after Covid-19, says physician

    Bloomberg President Joe Biden continues to improve with mild symptoms as he isolates with Covid-19 at the White House. White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo on Saturday that the president — who is being treated with Pfizer Inc.’s drug Paxlovid — is “responding to therapy as expected.” “His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain ...

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• 25 July

  Bolsonaro starts campaigning for election he says may be rigged

  

  Bloomberg President Jair Bolsonaro officially kicks off his re-election campaign on Sunday, rallying thousands of his followers to Rio de Janeiro, after intensifying his attempts to discredit Brazil’s voting system. He’s calling on the government faithful to pack an Olympic arena in a working-class neighbourhood for an event billed as “United for the Good of Brazil.” But with just over ...

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• 25 July

  Sunak, Truss vow to stem illegal immigration

  

  Bloomberg Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to fix the UK’s “broken” asylum system and crack down on illegal boat crossings from France if he becomes prime minister, while his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, said she’ll push to send more migrants to third countries for processing. Sunak said he would tighten the statutory definition of who qualifies for asylum in ...

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• 25 July

  Italy Democrats weigh election alliances, Letta tells Repubblica

    Bloomberg Italy’s Democrats are weighing possible alliances for the country’s national elections in September and will decide in the coming days and weeks on the makeup of any new coalitions, party leader Enrico Letta said in an interview with la Repubblica published Sunday. Opinion polls show the Democrats, or PD, running a close second to the right-wing Brothers of ...

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• 25 July

  UK banks see suspicious reports triple since invasion of Ukraine

  

    Bloomberg The National Crime Agency (NCA) has seen a surge in so-called suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other regulated institutions in the UK since February. The NCA, Britain’s equivalent of the FBI, gave an update on the figures for the first time. The notices, which detail concerns around sanctions breaches as well as money laundering and terrorist ...

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• 25 July

  BNP Paribas prime brokerage boss Wilson leaves for rival UBS

  

    Bloomberg The head of BNP Paribas SA’s business catering to hedge-fund clients has left for UBS Group AG, a blow for the French bank as it attempts to build out the division. Ashley Wilson, head of prime finance at BNP Paribas, will become head of financing at Zurich-based UBS’ global markets division, according to people familiar with the matter. ...

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• 25 July

  Santander is out of bidding for Citigroup’s Banamex unit

  

    Bloomberg Banco Santander SA was eliminated from the bidding process for Citigroup Inc’s Mexican unit, opening the way for a takeover by a local rival. The Spanish lender made a non-binding offer for Banamex but has been informed it isn’t proceeding to the next stages of the process, it said in a regulatory filing on. Mexican President Andres Manuel ...

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• 25 July

  Japan’s MUFG strengthens commodity trade finance

  

    Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc is bolstering its commodity trade-finance business, helping the industry cope with the surge in liquidity needs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Japanese bank is splitting its agriculture and metals desks in London, after setting up shop in Amsterdam earlier this month. It has also stepped up lending to core clients, as war-related ...

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• 24 July

  HSBC to sell its Russian unit to Expobank

    Bloomberg HSBC has agreed to sell its Russian unit to local lender Expobank, the latest international bank to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine. The London-based firm said in a statement that it had reached a deal without disclosing the transaction amount. Bloomberg reported this month that talks on a sale of the business to Expobank were ...

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• 24 July

  BofA’s loan revenue rises as rates surge, costs climb

  

    Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) posted an increase in net interest income with the lender reaping the benefits of Federal Reserve rate hikes, while second-quarter results were hurt by higher expenses related to regulatory settlements. Net interest income, a key source of revenue for the bank, rose 22% to $12.4 billion in the second quarter on higher rates ...

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