Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rugby-World Cup awards show U.S. is rugby's 'golden nugget'
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and the women's game have been identified as massive potential growth areas for rugby and awarding the 2031 men's and 2035 women's World Cups to ...
May 12, 2022
SEC's Hester sees 'movement' on U.S. stablecoin regulations
LONDON (Reuters) - A top official at Wall Street watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signalled on Thursday that stricter rules around crypto "stablecoins" could be drawing closer. Cr...
May 12, 2022
Renault says split-off electric unit could employ 10,000 staff by 2023
PARIS (Reuters) -French carmaker Renault on Thursday said the two business units that would result from its planned separation of electric and conventional car production could each employ 10,000 staf...
May 12, 2022
Sudanese protests resume as moves for political deal falter
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who rallied against Sudan's military rulers on Thursday, as diplomatic moves to broker a political solution to a pos...
May 12, 2022
Bank of Canada says rates are too stimulative, may need to go above neutral
By Julie Gordon and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada's policy rate, at 1%, is "too stimulative" given soaring inflation and interest rates may need to go above neutral because par...
May 12, 2022
U.S. Senate panel to question Fed nominee Barr on May 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's second pick to serve as the top regulatory official at the Federal Reserve will be questioned by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on May 19, according to ...
May 12, 2022
Explainer-What are stablecoins, the asset rocking the cryptocurrency market?
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Most cryptocurrencies have a major problem with price volatility, but one sub-category of coins is designed to maintain a constant value: stablecoins. As crypt...
May 12, 2022
Mayor, owners jailed for deadly Romania nightclub fire
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Bucharest court handed down prison sentences on Thursday to a mayor of a district in the capital and the owners of a nightclub where a 2015 fire killed 65 people ...
May 12, 2022
Factbox-U.S. companies offering abortion travel benefits
A small but growing number of companies, including Amazon.com and Tesla Inc, are rolling out policies to offer benefits to U.S. employees who may need to access abortion services as some state legisla...
May 12, 2022
G7 tell Taliban: Stop restricting women's rights
PARIS (Reuters) -The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers on Thursday said the increasing restrictions imposed by the Taliban on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan were isolating the countr...
May 12, 2022
