Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Alpine skiing-Shiffrin wins first giant slalom gold at world championships
(Reuters) - American favourite Mikaela Shiffrin claimed victory in the giant slalom in Meribel, France on Thursday to take her overall world championships gold medal haul to seven. Shiffrin kept her b...
Feb 16, 2023
EU on track to adopt new Russia sanctions for war anniversary - sources
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries were "on good track" to adopt new sanctions against Moscow in time for the Feb.24 one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukrai...
Feb 16, 2023
Roku shares jump on promise of turning a profit
(Reuters) - Streaming device maker Roku Inc is aiming to turn a profit in 2024 as it strives to drastically cut costs to ride out a weakness in the ad market, sending its shares up 12% in trading befo...
Feb 16, 2023
U.S. single-family housing starts, building permits tumble in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding fell in January, but an easing in mortgage rates and improvement in homebuilder confidence suggested the recession-hit housing market was close t...
Feb 16, 2023
German opera house fires director who smeared dog poo in critic's face
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German opera house whose ballet director smeared dog excrement on the face of a critic prompting a police investigation has parted ways with the man with immediate effect. "Marc...
Feb 16, 2023
African online retailer Jumia's Q4 losses narrow on cost savings
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African e-commerce firm Jumia Technologies said on Thursday that cost savings had helped it reduce fourth quarter losses by 30% from a year earlier, with a further sharp drop ...
Feb 16, 2023
Kremlin denies issuing media with guidance to suppress mentions of mercenary boss
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday denied it had issued state media with formal recommendations suggesting they stop mentioning the Wagner mercenary group or its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin afte...
Feb 16, 2023
German chancellor Scholz to visit White House on March 3 - Biden spokesperson
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on March 3, his first visit to the White House since just before Russia's invasion of Ukra...
Feb 16, 2023
Activist investors to push for margins, profitability in first half of 2023
By Niket Nishant and Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Companies that have been spending actively in pursuit of growth opportunities will be the chief targets of activist investors in the first half of the yea...
Feb 16, 2023
Climate change-linked heat worsened Argentina drought impact, scientists say
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Extreme high temperatures in Argentina linked to climate change exacerbated the impact of a historic drought that has hit the South American country's farm...
Feb 16, 2023
