Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Amazon rallies after research firm predicts upbeat retail sales
By Noel Randewich and Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Amazon's stock rallied to its highest in more than two months on Friday after a research firm predicted the online heavyweight's retail business in North...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
US 5-year credit default swaps rise to highest since 2011
(Reuters) - The cost of insuring exposure to United States sovereign debt rose to the highest level since 2011 on Friday, over market jitters that the government could hit its debt ceiling sooner-than...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
Russia bans Japanese group campaigning over disputed islands
(Reuters) - Russia's prosecutor general said on Friday it had banned a group campaigning for Japanese sovereignty over four disputed islands seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two, ami...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
UAW President: "No excuse" for Detroit's non-union EV operations
DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said Friday there is "no excuse" for Detroit's automakers to set up electric vehicle operations and ventures that are not unionized. ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
NFL-Five players suspended for violating NFL gambling policy
(Reuters) - Five NFL players, including four from the Detroit Lions, have been suspended for violating the league's gambling policy, the NFL said on Friday. The league suspended Lions receivers Jameso...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
Amazon defeats consumer antitrust lawsuit over fulfillment centers
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday defeated a private lawsuit in Seattle federal court that accused the national retailer of a scheme to curb competition for shipping and fulfill...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
Guantanamo inmates showing signs of 'accelerated ageing' - ICRC
GENEVA (Reuters) - Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of "accelerated ageing", a senior official of the International Committe...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
Ukraine activist wants S.Africa to ask Putin to attend BRICS summit virtually
By Anait Miridzhanian and Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ukrainian activist Oleksandra Romantsova this week suggested to South African officials that it would be better for Russian Preside...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
U.S. company comments suggest upbeat demand despite gloomy forecasts
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors worried the U.S. could be on the brink of a recession may be relieved by some early comments from company executives this earnings season sugges...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
Recession-wary investors pour $9.1 billion into hedge funds in first quarter
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge funds pulled in $9.1 billion in new money during the first three months of 2023, data showed on Friday, after last year's hefty outflows as pension fund...
Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2023
