BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Monday approved the main text of a bill allowing the privatization of state-controlled energy giant Eletrobras, with the measure to advance to President Jair Bolsonaro for approval after amendments are considered.FILE PHOTO: Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunrise near Brasilia, Brazil […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Thursday the coronavirus outbreak has inflicted huge damage on the world economy, and the impact is likely to last for some time as the epidemic is spreading across the globe. Amamiya said the BOJ’s emergency government bond purchases and dollar-supplying market operations are […]
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov. 3 U.S. elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a partisan fight shaping up over a Democratic proposal to require states to offer the option of voting by mail. President Donald Trump, seeking re-election this year, and some of his fellow […]
