Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Business News (Master Feed)
Analysis-Billions for bar service? Fed bond buying now tied to service sector rebound
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. housing starts surged in November to close in on 14-year highs, keeping builders and contractors on the job, consumer spending slumped and in particu...
Dec 18, 2020
GoDaddy’s new CEO on leadership now: ‘Change is a tiger’
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani often returns to a question his parents asked him as a child - one that is especially applicable now. "'How do you ride a tiger?'" a...
Dec 18, 2020
Zoom’s Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays
LONDON (Reuters) - Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short by the usual 40-minute limit for free subscribers. Zo...
Dec 18, 2020
China, EU aim for investment pact by year-end, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott and Gabriel Crossley BRUSSELS/BEIJING (Reuters) - The European Union and China aim to reach an investment accord by the end of 2020 that would grant European companies greater access t...
Dec 18, 2020
German economy to shrink slightly in Q4 – economist
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German economy will shrink by 0.4% in the last three months of 2020 before growing again early next year, Ifo economist Klaus Wohlrabe said on Friday, as a lockdown to curb coro...
Dec 18, 2020
German business morale rises unexpectedly in December
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business morale rose unexpectedly in December even as Europe's biggest economy went into a strict lockdown to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections, a survey showed...
Dec 18, 2020
European shares slip as Brexit, U.S.-China trade worries simmer
(Reuters) - European shares inched lower on Friday as doubts over a post-Brexit trade deal and fresh U.S.-China tensions capped gains at the end of a solid week. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipp...
Dec 18, 2020
Global money market funds see massive outflows in week to Dec. 16 – Lipper
(Reuters) - Global money market funds saw big outflows in the week ended Dec. 16, Refinitiv Lipper showed, as investors increased their exposure in equities and bonds, taking higher risks. Global inve...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis: Insurers, drugmakers sail into unknown with COVID vaccine rollout
By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and spur demand fo...
Dec 18, 2020
Britain wants Brexit trade deal but prepared to walk away unless EU moves – minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants a free trade deal with the European Union but is prepared to walk away from talks without one unless the bloc changes its stance and respects British sovereignty, Brit...
Dec 18, 2020
