Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Business News (Master Feed)
Lebanon’s airline warns of new ticket challenge facing dollar account holders
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's airline said on Sunday the carrier would at some point need to demand payment for tickets bought in Lebanon using "fresh dollars", or recently transferred curr...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. lawmakers expected to back $15 billion in airlines payroll assistance
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bipartisan legislative deal expected to be unveiled by U.S. lawmakers on Sunday will grant U.S. airlines $15 billion in new payroll as...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. lawmakers to back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China’s Huawei, ZTE – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are expected to endorse $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says pose national security risks as part of a...
Dec 20, 2020
Britain insists EU should move in Brexit trade talks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain insisted on Sunday that the European Union should shift position to open the way for a breakthrough in post-Brexit trade talks, with health minister Matt Hancock saying on S...
Dec 20, 2020
EU must shift to open way for Brexit trade deal, says UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock repeated Britain's calls for the European Union to shift its position on Sunday and withdraw its "unreasonable demands" for the two sides to be ...
Dec 20, 2020
Graphic: A (markets) journal of the plague year
By Marc Jones and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Last December the first infection with the new coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization. Twelve months later, as the charts below ...
Dec 20, 2020
Indonesian president inaugurates $3 billion ‘strategic’ port
By Maikel Jefriando JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurated the Patimban sea port in West Java on Sunday, saying the new gateway would have a "strategic" role in boosting the ...
Dec 20, 2020
Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a $900 billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a late-night compromise to clear one of the f...
Dec 20, 2020
China could restrict bank tie-ups with fintech platforms, official suggests
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's former finance minister Lou Jiwei suggested that China could restrict the number of banks a single fintech platform can partner with, to prevent any platform from gaining t...
Dec 20, 2020
‘A real kick in the teeth’- UK business groups raise concern over new COVID restrictions
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Business groups expressed concerns over Britain's new COVID-19 restrictions, with the Confederation of British Industry calling them a "real kick in the teeth" for many b...
Dec 19, 2020
