Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump or Biden? Peruvian shamans try to predict U.S. election winner
LIMA (Reuters) - With incense smoke, flowers and photos of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, Peruvian shamans performed an ancestral ritual on Wednesday for the U.S. elections, bu...
Sep 16, 2020
Cash-strapped El Al Israel Airlines raises $148 million in share offering
By Steven Scheer and Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Cash-strapped El Al Israel Airlines raised $148 million in a government-mandated share offering on Wednesday that will enable it to receive a state...
Sep 16, 2020
Pakistani ruling party lawmaker seeks to criminalise criticism of military
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who "ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames" the military, accor...
Sep 16, 2020
Goldman Sachs names new co-COO of global TMT banking: memo
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group promoted Barry O'Brien to co-chief operating officer of its global tech, telecom and media investment (TMT) banking team, according to a memo seen by Reut...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. Open nearly moved to Los Angeles in December due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - This week's U.S. Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York, would likely have been played in December in Los Angeles had the British Open not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak,...
Sep 16, 2020
Bolivia election poll suggests outright victory for Morales’ candidate
By Danny Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Luis Arce, the candidate for the party of Bolivia's former socialist president Evo Morales, could win next month's election in the first round, with opposition to him...
Sep 16, 2020
Nadal makes fast start in Rome in first match in 200 days
ROME (Reuters) - Nine-times champion Rafa Nadal showed little signs of rust when he played his first match in 200 days as he beat fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1 6-1 in the Italian Open in Rom...
Sep 16, 2020
Jailed American accused by Venezuela of spying was not sent by U.S.: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen held by Venezuelan authorities on accusations of being an American spy was not sent to Venezuela by the U.S. government, a senior Trump administration official sa...
Sep 16, 2020
Slow-moving storms that deluge coasts become regular part of Atlantic hurricane season
By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON/MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) - For Grant Saltz, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, what struck him about Hurricane Sally was its steady, d...
Sep 16, 2020
Nikola short-sellers feel the squeeze as stock bounces
(Reuters) - Shares of Nikola Corp on Wednesday reversed course to trade up as much as 6% from premarket losses, resulting in $24 million in mark-to-market losses for those betting against the stock, a...
Sep 16, 2020
