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Russia Makes Last-Gasp Dollar Bond Payments in Bid to Avoid Default
Date: April 29, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia made what appeared to be a late u-turn to avoid a default on Friday, as it made a number of already-overdue international debt payments in dollars despite previously vowing they would only be paid in roubles. Whether the money would make it to the United States and other Western countries that sanctioned...
Europe Strains for Clarity as Russia Stands by Roubles-For-Gas Demand
Date: April 29, 2022
By Kate Abnett and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Companies and countries were at odds over Moscow’s rouble-for-gas payment system on Friday, while European officials promised more guidance on whether buying Russian gas can comply with sanctions and Russia said it saw no problem with its plan. Russia cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland...
FinTech Solutions Every Small Business Owner Needs
Date: April 28, 2022
By Martin Hegelund, CMO and co-founder, Ageras After two years of social distancing, consumers have come out of hiding and gotten back to shopping, dining out and booking flights and hotel rooms. This year should be a boom time for the small businesses that serve these customers, but a recent Clarify Capital survey of 500...
The Hidden Star Is Now the New Gold Standard for Hotels
Date: April 28, 2022
By Priyanka Gargav, Head of Commercial, SEA & HK, Adyen The skies are reopening again, and slowly but surely, many around the world are adjusting to travelling in this new normal. This means hotels in Singapore must adopt a new level of operational agility to keep up with shifting guest expectations of locals and inbound...
Europe Struggles for Clarity on Russia’s Roubles-For-Gas Scheme
Date: April 28, 2022
By Kate Abnett and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Thursday warned buyers of Russian gas they could breach sanctions if they converted gas payments into roubles, as officials struggled to clarify the EU’s stance on Moscow’s payments scheme, which has sowed confusion in the bloc. Russian gas giant Gazprom cut supplies...
UK Card Spending, Online Job Ads Fall After Easter – Ons
Date: April 28, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Measures of consumer behaviour in Britain weakened after the recent Easter holidays, and online job adverts also decreased, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday. Interbank CHAPS payments related to spending on credit and debit cards fell nine percentage points in the week to April 21 from the previous week to...