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LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Whether China has become "uninvestable" or not, avoidance of the world's second-largest economy suggests the economic and political risks there have simply become too hard to assess.U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's trip to China last month had promised some economic and trade detente between the two superpowers now at loggerheads. But it was quickly defined by her comment that more and more U.S. firms see China as "uninvestable" amid spying, fines, raids and other risks.While bricks-and-mortar investment, supply-chain exposure and stock listings have been under...

A man counts U.S. dollar banknotes at an exchange shop in Beirut, Lebanon March 18, 2022. Picture taken March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) CEO David Solomon said the U.S. economy is likely to avoid a significant recession, but warned that inflation will likely be more persistent than market participants currently expect."The chance of having a relatively soft landing and navigating through this has gone up very meaningfully over the last 12 months," Solomon told Reuters in an interview on...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York sentenced the co-founder of the purported cryptocurrency OneCoin to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for what prosecutors called a $4 billion fraud.U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan sentenced Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a dual citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom, who pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering charges in December 2022.Ramos also ordered Greenwood to forfeit $300 million.Greenwood has been detained in New York since his 2018 arrest in Thailand and extradition to the United States over...

Private debt fundraising and deals slowIndustry tested by new high rate environmentLending squeeze set to aggravate default risksLONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Direct lending, a key but expensive source of credit for riskier European firms that banks often shy away from, is running out of steam, a fresh sign that aggressive interest rate rises may be starting to cause funding stress and exacerbate economic pain.Fundraising and deal-making have dropped sharply at European private debt funds, new data shows.The European private credit industry, which flourished after the 2008 financial crisis as...