Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-Top candidates in Venezuela's opposition primary
By Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) - Voters in Venezuela will on Sunday choose a unity candidate from among 10 hopefuls to represent the country's opposition in 2024 presidential elections, when Pres...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Blackstone's Q3 profit drops 12% on weak asset sales, misses estimates
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Inc, the world's largest private equity firm, said on Thursday that its third-quarter distributable earnings fell by a steeper-than-expected 12% year-o...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Philip Morris lifts profit forecast on higher pricing, steady demand
(Reuters) -Philip Morris International on Thursday raised annual profit forecast, after topping quarterly profit expectations, boosted by higher cigarette prices, demand for its heated tobacco product...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
'El loco': Argentine libertarian Javier Milei chainsaws political status quo
By Anna-Catherine Brigida BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - With wild hair and brash sideburns - and sometimes a chainsaw - Argentine libertarian economist Javier Milei has become the stand-out image of the So...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Taliban says plans to formally join China's Belt and Road Initiative
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) - The Taliban administration wants to formally join Chinese President Xi Jinping's huge 'Belt and Road' infrastructure initiative and will send a technical team to China ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Venezuela primary favorite Machado carries on campaigning despite ban
By Tibisay Romero and Mircely Guanipa VALENCIA/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado, the front-runner in a primary set for Sunday, has traveled the crisi...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Mahsa Amini, women's movement in Iran win EU's 2023 Sakharov freedom prize
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Iranian woman Mahsa Amini who died in police custody last year and the "Woman, Life, Free...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Truist Financial profit drops 31% on lower interest income, higher loan loss provisions
(Reuters) - Truist Financial reported a near 31% drop in third-quarter profit on Thursday as the lender's interest income from mortgages and credit-card debt declined while it allocated more funds tow...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Bedbug enquiries on the rise in UK, says pest control firm Rentokil
By Anchal Rana and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - British pest control giant Rentokil Initial saw a 32% jump in enquiries about bedbugs from January to September this year compared with a year earlier, ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
Nubank's Mexico arm seeks banking license to grow product portfolio
By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Brazilian fintech Nubank's Mexico arm has requested a banking license from local regulators, the unit's top executive said on Thursday, describing it as a ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 19, 2023
