Dutchman sentenced over horse meat scandal arrested in Spain
Spanish police have arrested a Dutch meat trader sentenced in France for his role in a 2013 scam that passed off cheap horse meat as...
Kenya’s dusitD2 hotel reopens after January attack that killed 21
The five-star dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi will reopen its doors to guests on Thursday, six months after 21 people were killed in an attack on...
Avs lock up D Girard with seven-year extension
The Colorado Avalanche signed 21-year-old defenseman Samuel Girard to a seven-year contract extension that extends through the 2026-27 season....
Devil in the data as funds call for scrutiny of LSE’s Refinitiv deal
Some trading and investment firms are calling for competition regulators to scrutinize London Stock Exchange’s proposed $27 billion takeover of financial information provider Refinitiv to...
Ethiopia opens up banking sector to its diaspora
Ethiopia’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to open up the country’s financial sector to an estimated five million of its citizens who have taken...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro snubs French foreign minister for haircut
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro canceled a meeting this week with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian – getting a haircut instead – amid deepening...
Italy bars McDonald’s fast-food amidst monuments of ancient Rome
Italy’s Culture ministry on Wednesday barred the construction of a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant next to the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with Mayor Virginia...
Traders on tenterhooks ahead of Fed verdict; pound rebounds
The dollar index was flat on Wednesday while the pound bounced back from a ‘no-deal Brexit’ slump, with oil up for a fifth day and...
Synamedia sees pay TV driving growth for 3-4 years before IPO
(This July 30 has been refiled to correct spelling of DirecTV in first paragraph)...
Italy’s UniCredit says carrying out own probe in relation to Capital One data breach
Italy’s biggest bank by assets UniCredit said on Wednesday it was carrying out its own investigation in relation to a major data breach at capital...