Benin constitutional court affirms election win for ruling coalition

COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s constitutional court on Friday affirmed the ruling coalition’s win in last weekend’s legislative election and the return to parliament of an opposition after boycotts and exclusions in previous elections. The final tally showed the two parties already in power – Union Progressiste le Renouveau and Bloc Republicain – came first and …

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Marketmind: Money in the bank

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Flush with relief that U.S. inflation is indeed falling as fast as markets had hoped, investors now have to work out how the country’s biggest lenders are coping with the economic slowdown and higher interest rates keeping prices in check. Kicking …

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Malaysia’s EPF to sell more than $115 million in education assets – sources

By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia’s largest state pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), is looking to sell local education assets worth more than 500 million ringgit ($115 million), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. EPF, which is also one of the world’s biggest pension funds with total assets of …

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Las importaciones de soja de China aumentan en diciembre, los volúmenes anuales caen por segundo año consecutivo

Por Dominique Patton 13 ene (Reuters) – Las importaciones de soja de China aumentaron un 19% en diciembre en comparación con el año previo, mostraron datos de aduanas el viernes, ya que los compradores se abastecieron de frijoles para aliviar la escasez de suministros en el principal importador de oleaginosas del mundo. China importó 10,56 …

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Japan’s economic policy panel won’t craft new accord with BOJ, minister says

By Kantaro Komiya and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government’s top economic policy panel will invite eight economists, including an expert on the country’s inflation trends, to upcoming special sessions to discuss the monetary-fiscal policy mix, Economy Minister Shigeyuki Goto said on Friday. But the sessions will not draft new policy objectives to replace …

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Yellen abandera la nueva política EEUU-África con un viaje a Senegal, Zambia y Sudáfrica

Por Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, 13 ene (Reuters) – La secretaria del Tesoro estadounidense, Janet Yellen, viajará a Senegal, Zambia y Sudáfrica durante las próximas dos semanas, en un intento por estrechar lazos de Estados Unidos con África, que lleva años siendo el centro del comercio y la inversión chinos. Yellen, de 76 años, es la …

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Mark Cuban’s pharmaceuticals startup ties up with RxPreferred (Jan. 11)

(This Jan. 11 story has been corrected to remove reference to EmsanaRx as part of a nonprofit coalition in the fifth paragraph) (Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban’s pharmaceuticals startup has tied up with pharmacy benefits manager RxPreferred Benefits, the companies said on Wednesday, in a move to offer lower priced drugs through some employer-backed …

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