Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Mitch McConnell stands in the way of Biden’s economic recovery plans
By David Lawder and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirus-ravaged economy, repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back t...
Dec 09, 2020
Venezuela’s Capriles calls on opposition to shut interim government -report
CARACAS (Reuters) - Two-time Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles called for end to an interim government created in 2019 by congress chief Juan Guaido with U.S. backing, acc...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court weighs shareholder suit over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned a bid by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pursue legal claims arising from the government's r...
Dec 09, 2020
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers ‘Songs of Comfort and Hope’ in duo album
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott have teamed up for the third time in "Songs of Comfort and Hope," dedicated to all the people who are going through tou...
Dec 09, 2020
Pandemic could make U.S. less sceptical of big government, Nobel winner says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could make voters in the United States less sceptical of the role of the public sector in providing healthcare and social assistance, Nobel prize-winning...
Dec 09, 2020
EU looks to Wall Street to solve fragmented share trading puzzle
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Stock exchanges in the European Union could back each other up to avoid platform outages leading to extended market freezes for investors, a senior European Union offic...
Dec 09, 2020
Iran blacklists U.S. envoy in Yemen, reciprocating U.S. move
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has blacklisted the U.S. ambassador in Yemen, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Washington imposed terrorism-related sanctions on Tehran's envoy to the...
Dec 09, 2020
Exclusive: India antitrust body raids cement giants UltraTech, LafargeHolcim units, sources say
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust body on Wednesday conducted raids at offices of UltraTech Cement and two subsidiaries of the world's largest cement maker LafargeHolcim, two sou...
Dec 09, 2020
Slovakia orders schools, most shops to shut from Dec 21 as COVID-19 cases rise
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia on Wednesday ordered schools and most shops closed for at least three weeks from Dec. 21 as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise. The central European country als...
Dec 09, 2020
Brazil still weighing priority vaccination of pregnant women
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is still weighing whether to include pregnant women among the priority groups for early vaccination against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health's Secretary of Health Surveilla...
Dec 09, 2020
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