Posted at 02:54h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
* Busen Garments, Nexgo scrap plans to set up micro loan
units
![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/sUk4DtQtJ1Y)
...
Posted at 02:00h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
WASHINGTON/CARACAS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that Venezuelan-American
executives at refiner Citgo who were arrested in a corruption
sweep this week would be tried as "corrupt, thieving traitors"
despite a request by the United States to free them.
Posted at 01:55h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
SAO PAULO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A new version of Brazil's
unpopular pension reform bill presented on Wednesday would
require fewer years of contributions by private sector workers
to receive a pension, according a draft of the legislation that
the government hopes will win approval in Congress.
Posted at 01:47h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
Nov 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell slightly on
Thursday on broad-based selling, though gains in materials
stocks from higher commodity prices capped some of the losses.
![](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/cQMK6yEcthk)
...
Posted at 01:27h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
Lobby group urges government to incorporate a host of international agreements into UK law
...
Posted at 00:45h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
SAO PAULO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A new version of Brazil's
unpopular pension reform bill will require fewer years of
contributions by private sector workers to receive a pension,
according a draft of the legislation that the government hopes
will win approval in Congress.
Posted at 00:37h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
WASHINGTON/CARACAS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Five of six
executives of U.S.-based refiner Citgo who were
arrested in Caracas this week are U.S. citizens, according to a
source familiar with the matter, possibly complicating
Venezuela's corruption sweep of the oil industry.
Posted at 00:10h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
SHANGHAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Police in southern China have
detained seven people in connection with an underground banking
scheme involving more than 20 billion yuan ($3 billion), the
state news agency Xinhua reported.
Posted at 22:31h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
SAO PAULO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Brazilian antitrust agency
Cade on Wednesday extended its deadline to review the takeover
of Monsanto Co by Bayer AG by 90 days to late
March, potentially spoiling plans to wrap up the $66 billion
tie-up by the end of the year.
Posted at 22:04h
in
News
by KMFSLLP
Nov 22 (Reuters) - A former general counsel of insurer
WellCare Health Plans Inc was sentenced on Wednesday to
six months in prison for making a false statement to Florida's
Medicaid program as part of what prosecutors called a $35
million healthcare fraud scheme.