WeWork's warning of a bankruptcy risk would not have an impact on its India unit, regional CEO Karan Virwani said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. New York-based WeWork, which was valued at $47 billion in 2019, on Tuesday raised "substantial" doubt around the continuance of its operations and warned of a possible bankruptcy. WeWork India, which is backed and owned in majority by Indian real estate firm Embassy Group, said it was focused on growth with sustained profitability and the fundamentals of its business remain strong.

The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada slapped sanctions Thursday on Lebanon's embattled former central bank governor and a handful of close relatives and associates over allegations of corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said, the Associated Press reported. Riad Salameh, 73, ended his 30-year tenure on July 31 under a cloud of investigation and blame for his country's historic economic crisis. France, Germany, and Luxembourg are investigating Salameh and close associates over alleged financial crimes, including illicit enrichment and the laundering of $330 million.

Mexico saw its annual inflation rate slow for the sixth consecutive month in July to 4.79%, data from statistics agency INEGI showed on Wednesday, continuing a downward trend spurred by a long cycle of interest rate hikes, Reuters reported. Headline inflation was in line with a market forecast of 4.79%, a more than a two-year low after rising to a record 8.7% last year. The deceleration in recent months has largely been propelled by a decline in energy and food prices, Goldman Sachs analyst Alberto Ramos said.

The Mexican government is no longer planning on moving up the timeline to pay off some $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds issued to finance a partly built airport on the outskirts of Mexico City that was later canceled, a senior transport official said on Friday, Reuters reported. The canceled Texcoco project was meant to alleviate pressure at the capital's decades-old airport, but shortly after he was elected in 2018, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered construction on the new facility halted, blasting it as too expensive and stained by corruption.

FTX Dubai, which was created just months before the global crypto exchange collapsed last November, is asking to be exempt from U.S. bankruptcy proceedings, TheStreet.com reported. “FTX Dubai is balance-sheet solvent. Therefore, the debtors believe that a solvent voluntary liquidation procedure in accordance with the laws of the United Arab Emirates would allow a timely distribution of the positive cash balance after payment of all outstanding liabilities and liquidation of all assets," court documents said.

Asian regulators have stolen a march on the U.S. by clarifying crypto rules, exemplified by Hong Kong’s first licenses for trading platforms under the city’s new digital-asset framework, Bloomberg News reported. Hong Kong opened up to mass-market trading following confirmation Thursday that HashKey Exchange and OSL had won permits that legalize the retail trading of tokens, part of the city’s push to become a global hub for virtual assets.

The Cuban Central Bank issued rules this week banning state and private businesses from using ATMs and limiting cash transactions between them, as it seeks to tame runaway inflation and off-the-books business amid a grave economic crisis, Reuters reported. The regulations went into effect on Thursday. They limit cash transactions to 5000 pesos and will be implemented gradually over six months, official media said. The government pegs the dollar at 24 pesos and for select companies, tourists and residents at 120 pesos, though it has few to exchange.

National Bank of Canada said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy collapsed U.S. regional lender Silicon Valley Bank's Canadian commercial loan portfolio, as the smallest of Canada's top six lenders looks to expand its footprint in the tech sector and diversify its loan book, Reuters reported. National Bank said in a statement it will acquire the C$1 billion ($752 million) loan portfolio made up of technology, life science and global fund banking sectors. Around C$325 million of that is outstanding.

Cineworld Group said it has emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy after nearly 11 months, coming out with lower debt and a new slate of management and board, Reuters reported. The world's second largest cinema chain operator behind AMC Entertainment said it has appointed former Chair and CEO of Warner Bros Ann Sarnoff to its board, along with four other members to join new Chairman Eric Foss and CEO Eduardo Acuna. The movie chain operator and owner of brands such as Regal, Cinema City, Picturehouse and Planet had filed for U.S. bankruptcy in early September to restructure its massive debt.