(Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator on Monday charged a former banker at Goldman Sachs Group Inc for arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana government officials to gain approval for a client’s power plant project. The Securities and Exchange Commission said https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-88 Asante Berko, a former employee at a […]
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – For several weeks, the coronavirus has brought Hong Kong to a virtual standstill, keeping shoppers, office workers and even pro-democracy protesters off the streets. The city’s flat hunters, however, are on the prowl. In one of the most unaffordable cities in the world, a drop in prices is […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday to approve rules governing the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, including delaying a debate over whether to call witnesses until the middle of the trial. With Republicans banding together, the Senate voted 53-47 to adopt the trial plan, which allows opening arguments from House […]
