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Prudential flags Ukraine conflict risks after 2021 profit rise
Date: March 9, 2022
By Selena Li and Carolyn Cohn HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -Prudential PLC notched up a 16% rise in 2021 operating profit after it strengthened its focus on Asia, though it warned of implications for global markets and the economy from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Uncertainties triggered by the crisis in Ukraine have prompted insurers to review...
Russia’s “Z” campaign drums up support for ‘operation’ in Ukraine
Date: March 9, 2022
(Reuters) – It’s popped up on bus stops, road signs and even a pram in Russia: a “Z” sign to whip up support for what Moscow describes as its “special military operation” in Ukraine. The campaign takes as its motifs the distinctive “Z” and “V” markings that Russia displayed in white on the flanks and...
UniCredit, BNP Paribas detail hefty Russia exposures as sector rebounds
Date: March 9, 2022
By Valentina Za, Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s UniCredit and France’s BNP Paribas were the latest banks to set out their Russian exposures, warning of billions of euros in potential costs from the financial fallout from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine amid a wider sector rebound on Wednesday. Banks, insurers and asset...
Exclusive-BNP Paribas bars Russia-based staff from computer systems as cyber attack fears grow
Date: March 9, 2022
By Sinead Cruise and John O’Donnell LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – France’s largest bank BNP Paribas has cut off its Russia-based workforce from its internal computer systems as it seeks to bolster its defences against any potential cyber attack, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The French lender, believed to be the first...
Ukrainian women fleeing war find welcome, and work, in Eastern Europe
Date: March 9, 2022
By Krisztina Than VESZPREM, Hungary (Reuters) – Two days after arriving from the bombarded outskirts of Kyiv following a gruelling journey, 24-year-old Ukrainian Olga Yasnopolska signed a contract to work for a large German automotive parts supplier in western Hungary. She is one of hundreds of thousands of refugees, mostly women and children, who have...
Scant progress evacuating Ukrainian civilians despite Russian ceasefire promise
Date: March 9, 2022
By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, but there were only limited signs of progress providing escape routes for hundreds of thousands of people trapped without medicine or fresh water. The governor of Sumy, an eastern city, said civilian cars...