MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 12th 2020
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Trump has a top Treasury official as candidate for the IMF No. 2 job
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering nominating a top U.S. Treasury official for the No. 2 job at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Moody's presents a positive outlook for Brazil's sovereign credit profile
Capital outflows from Brazilian asset markets and the Real's slide to new all-time lows against the U.S. dollar pose little threat to Brazil's sovereign credit profile, ratings agency Moody's said on Monday.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
US and German intelligence services had direct access to secret communications from governments
US and German intelligence services raked in the top-secret communications of governments around the world for decades through their hidden control of a top encryption company Crypto AG, US, German and Swiss media reported on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:41 UTC
Brazilian and Indonesia billionaires clash over the sale of a US$ 3.5bn pulp mill
The business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in meatpacker JBS SA’s plans to list its international operations in the United States.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Chinese company confident it will start its US$ 2,1 billion iron ore project in Brazil
Chinese mining company Sul Americana de Metais (SAM), a unit of China’s Honbridge Holdings, is confident it will receive the necessary permits to start up its US$ 2.1 billion iron ore project in Minas Gerais, its chief executive said.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:36 UTC
Ex Ecuadorean president and several ministers on trial for accepting millions of dollars in bribes
Former President Rafael Correa went on trial before Ecuador’s highest court starting Monday on charges of campaign finance fraud and accepting millions of dollars in bribes.
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Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 07:43 UTC
World's largest oil traders investing in climate friendly projects, but profits remain a big question mark
The world's largest oil traders are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into climate-friendly projects: including wind farms, cow manure plants, and blue hydrogen: as they seek to match the profits they make from trading oil.
