Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lillard nets career-high 61 as Trail Blazers outlast Mavericks
Damian Lillard scored a career-high 61 points and assisted Hassan Whiteside on what proved to be the game-winning dunk in the Portland Trail Blazers' 134-131 defeat of the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday ...
Aug 11, 2020
Lightning top Jackets in five OTs, NHL’s fourth-longest game
Brayden Point's goal in the fifth overtime period gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round quarterfinal seri...
Aug 11, 2020
Exclusive: European banks face indigenous calls to end Amazon oil trade
By Matthew Green, Alexandra Valencia and Simon Jessop LONDON/QUITO (Reuters) - European banks committed to backing action on climate change face allegations of double standards from indigenous groups ...
Aug 11, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 1,226 to 218,519: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,226 to 218,519, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The report...
Aug 11, 2020
China names Zhang Gong as head of market regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has named Zhang Gong as the head of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the government said on Wednesday. Zhang replaces Xiao Yaqing, who has been appointed as th...
Aug 11, 2020
Foreign visitors to Mexico plunge 41% in first half of 2020
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico received at least 13 million foreign visitors during the first six months of 2020, a drop of 41.2% from the same period last year, Tourism Minister Miguel Torruco said l...
Aug 11, 2020
Oil prices bolstered by bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stocks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices moved higher on Wednesday after an industry report showed that U.S. inventories of crude fell more than analysts had expected, bolstering hopes that fuel demand in the wor...
Aug 11, 2020
Taiwan probes foreign banks over grain firms’ arbitrage
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank is investigating the actions of five foreign banks for their involvement in some $8 billion in net trading positions on the deliverable forwards market, four s...
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand’s central bank expands QE, holds rates steady
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) on Wednesday held its official cash rate at 0.25% in a widely expected decision and expanded its large scale asset purchase (LSAP) program...
Aug 11, 2020
SEC, ACC, Big 12 move forward with plans to play
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey wants to see the football season move forward as planned, but he doesn't want his conference to be the only one on that path. Other entities such as th...
Aug 11, 2020
