Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MTV Europe Music Awards cancelled amid Israel-Gaza crisis
LONDON (Reuters) -Next month's MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled, organisers said on Thursday, citing "the volatility of world events" amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza. ...
Oct 19, 2023
Deutsche Bank raises 2023 UK GDP growth forecast to 0.5%
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank raised its 2023 economic growth forecast for the UK economy to 0.5% from 0.3% previously, and expects it to avoid a recession next year. The bank sees a "modest" rebound in t...
Oct 19, 2023
UN Sec Gen Guterres calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
CAIRO (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. "Gaza needs aid at scale and on a sustained basis," Guterres sai...
Oct 19, 2023
Amazon defends Prime program in bid to defeat FTC lawsuit
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - Amazon.com has denied duping millions of subscribers to its Amazon Prime service, asking a U.S. judge in Seattle to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that the ec...
Oct 19, 2023
US consumer watchdog proposes new financial data sharing rules in competition boost
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - U.S. consumers would be able to more easily transfer their data between financial services providers under a long-awaited Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pr...
Oct 19, 2023
Exclusive-Country Garden offshore bondholders retained PJT Partners - sources
By Scott Murdoch and Anousha Sakoui SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - A major group of Country Garden offshore bondholders has appointed PJT Partners as financial advisors to lead discussions with the trouble...
Oct 19, 2023
Israel's war economic aid package to be bigger than during COVID -Fin Min
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's government was preparing an economic aid package for those impacted by attacks by Hamas militants that will be "bigger and broader" than during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fi...
Oct 19, 2023
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome
ROME (Reuters) - Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will become an honorary citizen of Rome by early next year following a vote this week by its local assembly, the city's former mayor Virginia R...
Oct 19, 2023
Profits of US mid-sized banks likely to be squeezed by higher funding costs
By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant (Reuters) - U.S. mid-sized banks will likely need to shell out more to retain deposits in the next few months, a move that could crimp margins and add pressure to an i...
Oct 19, 2023
Lebanon's Hezbollah says fires rockets at Israeli position
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese group Hezbollah said it fired rockets at an Israeli position in the village of Manara on Thursday and drew an Israeli artillery barrage in response, the latest ex...
Oct 19, 2023
