Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil rises on looming EU Russian oil ban, gas disruption
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday after plunging nearly 10% in the last two sessions, buoyed by supply concerns as the European Union works on gaining support for a Russian oil e...
May 11, 2022
U.S. oil pipeline operators gear up for higher shale output
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - The volume of crude oil flowing on pipelines from the top U.S. shale field to export hubs on the U.S. Gulf Coast could surge to pre-pandemic levels by October,...
May 11, 2022
New car sales in Russia down 78.5% y/y in April
(Reuters) - New car sales in Russia in April fell 78.5% year on year, contracting for the tenth month in a row, hit by acute shortages and soaring prices caused by disrupted logistics and a volatile r...
May 11, 2022
U.S. House Democrats seek new environmental review of postal delivery contract
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that seeks to invalidate a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) environmental review conduc...
May 11, 2022
Explainer-Can Elon Musk renegotiate a lower price for his Twitter deal?
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - Twitter Inc shares have plunged to their lowest level since the social media company agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk for $44 billion on April 25, raising questions o...
May 11, 2022
Lavrov says Russia does not want war in Europe
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow did not want war in Europe, but that Western countries were keen to see Russia defeated in its military campaign in Ukr...
May 11, 2022
Claire Danes digs into mystic mystery in 'The Essex Serpent'
By Lisa Keddie LONDON (Reuters) - Claire Danes says her first role after nearly a decade in hit drama "Homeland" was both "wonderful" and "scary", going from playing a CIA officer to a grieving 19th c...
May 11, 2022
Ukraine Finance Minister forecasts 45% GDP drop, committed to servicing debt
By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine's economy is expected to contract by 45% this year, the country's Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Wednesday, adding his...
May 11, 2022
St-Gobain shares rise as Bluebell Capital calls for shake-up at company
PARIS (Reuters) -Shares in French construction materials giant St-Gobain rose on Wednesday, after the Financial Times reported that activist investment firm Bluebell Capital had called for a shake-up ...
May 11, 2022
After 65 days in limbo, American finally waves goodbye to China's COVID lockdown
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For the last 65 days Laura Hudson has been on a mission to leave China, navigating through all of its COVID restrictions to get back to the United States. On Wednesd...
May 11, 2022
