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El FMI trabaja en una plataforma mundial de moneda digital para bancos centrales

Por Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, 19 jun (Reuters) – El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) está trabajando en una plataforma para que las monedas digitales de los bancos centrales (CBDC, por sus siglas en inglés) permitan las transacciones entre países, declaró el lunes la Directora Gerente del FMI, Kristalina Georgieva. “Las CBDC no deben ser propuestas nacionales …

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UK 2-year mortgage rates top 6%, adding to housing strains

By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Two-year fixed-rate borrowing costs for British home-buyers topped 6% on Monday, reaching their highest since the period after September’s “mini-budget” crisis and adding to strains that are weighing on the housing market. British lenders have raised interest rates sharply in recent weeks as stubbornly high inflation has …

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Germany’s Scholz rejects blanket state supervision of exports to China

BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government should not place all exports to China under supervision, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday. “We have now made a whole series of laws with which we can guarantee the security of our economy,” Scholz said at an event hosted by the BDI industry association in Berlin. It …

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IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working on a platform for central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) to enable transactions between countries, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. “CBDCs should not be fragmented national propositions… To have more efficient and fairer transactions we need systems that connect countries: …

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Timken Singapore proposes to sell stake in Indian unit for $231 million

By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Singapore-based parent of Timken India has proposed to sell an 8.4% stake in the Indian bearings and power transmission products maker for up to $231 million on June 20, according to the term sheet of the deal, seen by Reuters. The floor price of the stake sale …

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Brazil’s Lula to discuss Mercosur-EU deal, ‘tough’ French stance with Macron

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he expects to discuss the trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as they meet this week, including “tough” stances by France on it. Lula, who will travel to Europe on Monday and is …

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UK’s Labour vows to make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030

By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Monday pledged to turn the country into a clean energy superpower by 2030, saying it would overturn a ban on new onshore wind farms while respecting any oil and gas licences granted before the next election. Labour, which opinion polls suggest …

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Los agricultores brasileños recogen el 4,7% de la segunda cosecha de maíz de 2023, según AgRural

SAO PAULO, 19 jun (Reuters) – Los agricultores brasileños habían cosechado el 4,7% de la superficie sembrada para su segunda cosecha de maíz en la región centro-sur hasta el pasado jueves, dijo el lunes la consultora de agronegocios AgRural, 2,5 puntos porcentuales más que la semana anterior. En la misma época del año pasado, se …

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UN rights chief seeks to establish presence in China and India

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief called on Monday for greater support for his office as he seeks to expand its work by establishing a first-time presence in the world’s two most populous countries India and China, whose rights records are drawing more scrutiny. The U.N. human rights office, established after …

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Dokument – Axel Springer krempelt Bild-Zeitung um und baut Jobs ab

– von Klaus Lauer Berlin (Reuters) – Der Axel Springer-Verlag will sein Flaggschiff “Bild” stärker digital ausrichten und streicht im Zuge des Umbaus Arbeitsplätze. “Die strukturellen Veränderungen sind auch mit einem Stellenabbau verbunden”, heißt es am Montag in einer Mail an die Belegschaft der Boulevard-Zeitung, die der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters vorlag. “Wir trennen uns von Produkten, …

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