Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Futures gain on stimulus hopes ahead of jobless claims
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday on increased hopes of imminent signing of a coronavirus stimulus bill, while investors kept an eye out for economic cues from wee...
Dec 17, 2020
Samsung works its way into European 5G race to fill Huawei gap
By Isla Binnie, Supantha Mukherjee and Mathieu Rosemain MADRID/STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - European mobile operators are starting to consider Samsung Electronics, long seen as a non-starter, in the ra...
Dec 17, 2020
EU extends economic sanctions on Russia for another six months
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union prolonged on Thursday its economic sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine by another six months, the bloc's council of governments said in a statem...
Dec 17, 2020
UBS open to ‘consolidator’ role in European banking – chairman
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS is open taking on a role as a consolidator in Europe's banking industry, Chairman Axel Weber told Germany's Manager Magazin in an interview published on Thursday, adding the ban...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says yet to decide if he will run for president again in 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had not yet decided whether or not he would run for president again when his current term in the Kremlin ends in 2024, and that i...
Dec 17, 2020
England test and trace says now reaching over 92% of contacts
LONDON (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 test and trace system reached a record 92.7% of contacts of positive cases, the latest weekly statistics showed, helped by increases in the numbers of calls and c...
Dec 17, 2020
Factbox-What’s new with the Fed’s 2020 bank stress tests?
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, December 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's bank stress tests have been significantly different in 2020, thanks to regulatory changes and the dramatic economic turmoil ...
Dec 17, 2020
Sweden’s king says ‘we have failed’ over COVID-19, as deaths mount
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's king said his country had failed in its handling of COVID-19, in a sharp criticism of a pandemic policy partly blamed for a high death toll among the elderly. Carl XVI G...
Dec 17, 2020
UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday appealed for an additional $204 million to support 4 million of the most food insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months....
Dec 17, 2020
EU watchdog sets out ‘evolutionary’ change to insurance capital rules
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and the need stronger supervisory powers to tackle risks, the bloc's insurance watchdog s...
Dec 17, 2020
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