The week in bank CEO pay packages: Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman gets a 6% raise to $35 million in total compensation, while JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon gets 9.5% for a total of $34.5 million … British pubs, restaurants and bakery chains are coming after some of the world’s biggest insurers in court … And the U.S. Fed has a white paper out on issuing its own digital currency
Russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine, a senior British minister said on Sunday after the UK accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader there.
- European MarketsAsia shares brace for hawkish Fed, Ukraine tensions
Asian share markets slipped on Monday as investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting at which it is expected to confirm it will soon start draining the massive lake of liquidity that has supercharged growth stocks in recent years.
- Middle EastExclusive: Iran nuclear agreement unlikely without release of U.S. prisoners, negotiator says
U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley repeated the U.S. position that the issue of four people held in Iran is separate from nuclear negotiations.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsRich countries' access to foreign nurses during Omicron raises ethical concerns, group says
- Middle EastFourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
- Asia PacificAustralia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
- Asia PacificOne surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests COVID positive as city lockdown grows
- ChinaBeijing introduces more COVID measures as cases mount before Olympics
- Asia PacificNew Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding amid new Omicron restrictions
- EuropeItaly reports 138,860 COVID cases on Sunday, 227 deaths