Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's Senate approves bills to curb fuel prices
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate approved on Thursday two bills aimed at curbing fuel price hikes with subsidies and tax exemptions, a positive move potentially for state-run oil company Petrobras...
Mar 10, 2022
As oil prices soar, U.S. shale, OPEC in no rush to resume price war
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - U.S. shale producers and OPEC, who not long ago were waging a price war, this week found themselves on similar sides as oil prices have surged well above $100 a barrel: in n...
Mar 10, 2022
Factbox-U.S. banks in Russia by the numbers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major U.S. banks have started announcing plans to wind down operations in Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine and retaliatory sanctions. On Thursday, Goldman Sachs Group...
Mar 10, 2022
Insurer AIA launches $10-billion buyback on strong 2021 growth
(Reuters) - AIA Group Ltd on Friday launched a $10 billion share buyback plan and declared a higher final dividend on strong growth in 2021, but warned of near-term pain from a recent outbreak of coro...
Mar 10, 2022
Tennis-Nadal says stronger penalties needed to curb player outbursts
By Rory Carroll INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (Reuters) - Tennis players lashing out at umpires is hurting the sport and stiffer penalties need to be imposed to discourage it from happening, Rafa Nadal told re...
Mar 10, 2022
Americans consider fewer nights out as rising gasoline prices bite -Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers plan to cut spending on restaurant meals and movies if gasoline prices keep rising as Russia's invasion of Ukraine rattles the globa...
Mar 10, 2022
Two young American women rescued from Yemen's Houthis in U.S.-Saudi operation -source
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and the United States mounted a joint operation in January to rescue two young American women who were held captive by the Iran-backed Houthi mov...
Mar 10, 2022
North Korea's Kim orders expansion of ICBM launch site -state media report
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for expanding its site for launching intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) into an "ultramodern advanced base" in order to become a s...
Mar 10, 2022
BOC Aviation says sanctions deadline to end Russian leases is 'unrealistic'
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd believes a deadline giving lessors just over two weeks left to end contracts with Russian carriers due to sanctions over its invasion of Ukr...
Mar 10, 2022
Barclays names Ihsan Essaid co-head of global M&A - memo
(Reuters) - Barclays appointed Ihsan Essaid as co-head of its global mergers and acquisitions business, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Essaid is a veteran of about three decades in t...
Mar 10, 2022
