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Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, is set to step down, sources said on Thursday, after setting off a social media firestorm with sexist comments about how women talk too much.
* BSP keeps RRP rate at record-low 2.0% * BSP says risks to inflation ‘broadly balanced’ * BSP sees 2021 inflation at 4%, cuts 2022 forecast MANILA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank kept its monetary policy settings steady on Thursday to support the country’s pandemic-hit economy, saying inflation is expected to remain elevated but manageable in the coming months. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) kept its overnight reverse repurchase facility rate at a record low of 2.0%, in line with market expectations. The rates on the overnight deposit and lending facilities were ...
U.S. agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd posted a profit for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, but warned of weak earnings in its agribusiness segment due to lower contributions from oilseed processing and origination in Brazil.
By Reuters Staff (Repeats for additional subscribers, no change to text) PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Amundi Chief Executive Yves Perrier is stepping down after more than a decade running Europe’s largest fund manager and will be succeeded by his deputy Valérie Baudson, the group said on Friday. Perrier, who has led the French firm since its creation in a 2010 tie-up between the asset management arms of banking groups Credit Agricole and Societe Generale, announced his departure as the group reported a record fourth-quarter profit and the resumpton of dividend payouts. He will become chairman...
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