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Sales of new U.S. homes fell in February for a second month, suggesting high prices and rising mortgage rates may be keeping prospective buyers on the sidelines.

(Bloomberg) -- A Lebanese judge charged veteran Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and his brother with illegal enrichment and money laundering, an official in the judiciary said Monday.

(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged as it seeks to boost growth in an economy battling with gasoline shortages and power failures amid rising imported inflation.

(Bloomberg) -- Chile is issuing bonds tied to sustainability goals, the first nation in the world to do so, as the country wracked by a decade-long drought looks to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and obtain cheap financing.

(Bloomberg) -- Preston Hollow Capital LLC said in a court filing that U.S. bond-market powerhouse Nuveen LLC should be forced to pay as much as $628 million in damages for trying to coerce banks into not doing business with its smaller rival.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Joe Biden said Russia’s use of a hypersonic missile against Ukraine was a sign President Vladimir Putin is growing desperate, and warned about new indications of possible cyberattacks.

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea faces the prospect of a return to a trade deficit, preliminary data show, as geopolitical and virus risks weigh on global demand for its products, while escalating energy and commodity prices boost costs.

(Bloomberg) -- Egypt’s central bank on Monday raised the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points, citing what it said were global inflationary pressures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.

(Bloomberg) -- Traders are beginning to re-evaluate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on their strategies as the conflict grinds into a fourth week. All eyes will be on the dollar when markets reopen at 2 p.m. in New York (5 a.m.

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Ghana increased its benchmark interest rate for the second time since November, raising it to 17%.  The monetary policy committee lifted the rate by 250 basis points, Governor Ernest Addison told reporters in Accra Monday.