SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Citigroup ( C/PN ) said on Monday it has appointed David Bailey to head its Australian and New Zealand debt capital markets business. Bailey is currently the head of Citi's Cross Border Capital Markets in New York where he oversees the origination and execution of U.S. dollar securities for global borrowers and some U.S. domestic...

PLEIKU, Vietnam (Reuters) - Vietnamese coffee growers have been hit hard this year by the worst drought in nearly a decade, raising concerns of pricier espressos across the world, even as some farmers keep yields healthy with clever countermeasures. Domestic forecasts for next season's harvest in Vietnam, the world's second biggest coffee producer, remain grim. The Mercantile Exchange of Vietnam...

* Countries face February U.N. deadline to update climate plans * Company backers include Unilever ( UL ), IKEA, Octopus EV * Total of $31 trillion aligned to quest for zero emissions By Simon Jessop and Alison Withers LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest companies, finance houses, cities and regions have joined forces to urge governments...

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A sliding yuan and extensive outflows of cash from the mainland into Hong Kong show China's domestic investors are shelving expectations for any immediate recovery in their home markets and fleeing to the closest better-yielding assets. The yuan has dropped to seven-month lows this week, alongside a reversal in equity investment flows into China. Analysts said Hong Kong's...