WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will convene an extraordinary meeting of its steering committee on Friday to discuss the Fund’s response to the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic, a source familiar with the plans said on Thursday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday asked G20 leaders to back a doubling of the $50 […]
A disbarred Denver attorney pleaded guilty Monday to felony theft and admitted to defrauding an investor in his business of $125,000. Steve Bachar, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft and a second count of misdemeanor theft as part of a plea agreement in which he will receive a deferred judgment on the […]
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to step up a sanctions campaign on Venezuela’s oil sector and will be more aggressive in punishing people and companies that violate it, the top U.S. envoy to the Latin American country said on Monday. Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro remains in power […]
