Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall Street opens flat ahead of first presidential debate
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were muted at the open on Tuesday as investors stayed away from making big bets ahead of the first presidential debate, while awaiting a reading on consumer conf...
Sep 29, 2020
British PM Johnson to give press conference on Wednesday
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a news conference on Wednesday to provide an update on the country's COVID-19 response alongside his top medical and scientific advise...
Sep 29, 2020
UK’s Johnson says he is fit as a butcher’s dog after losing weight
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he was fitter now than he was before he had COVID-19 in April and that he felt much better after losing weight. Johnson was hosp...
Sep 29, 2020
Wall Street’s IPO enemies ready one-two punch
By Joshua Franklin, Krystal Hu and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) - There have only been two direct listings on the New York Stock Exchange in the last two years. There is about to be two more in a si...
Sep 29, 2020
Iran’s new coronavirus cases exceed 450,000: Health Ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed the 450,000 threshold on Tuesday with 3,677 infections identified in the last 24 hours, a health ministry spokeswoman told state TV, as the Is...
Sep 29, 2020
UK upholds decision to not prosecute 15 soldiers for 1972 ‘Bloody Sunday’
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the British region of Northern Ireland on Tuesday upheld a decision not to prosecute 15 soldiers for their role in the killing of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights mar...
Sep 29, 2020
Exclusive: Britain hits Airbnb UK with extra $2.3 million tax bill after probe
LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities hit Airbnb UK with an extra tax bill of 1.8 million pounds ($2.3 million) last year, the home rental startup's accounts showed on Tuesday, following an investiga...
Sep 29, 2020
Unequal education: Pandemic widens race, class gaps in U.S. schools
By Nathan Layne YORK, Pa. (Reuters) - Natalie Cruz, 12, missed math and language arts instruction one recent morning because the school's virtual interface would not load. Carlos, her 8-year-old broth...
Sep 29, 2020
Exclusive: Google set to win EU approval for Fitbit deal with fresh concessions, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google is set to win EU antitrust approval for its $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit with its latest concessions to address EU antitrust conce...
Sep 29, 2020
Indian rape victim dies weeks after assault triggering protests
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system died in hospital on Tuesday weeks after authorities said she was raped by a group of men, triggering p...
Sep 29, 2020
