Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Special Report-How military technology reaches Russia in breach of U.S. export controls
By David Gauthier-Villars, Steve Stecklow and John Shiffman (Reuters) - By his own account, Ilias Sabirov, a Moscow businessman, had supplied Russia's military with high-performance computer chips mad...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Exxon rejects California AG allegations on role in plastic pollution
By Sabrina Valle and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday rejected allegations made by California's Attorney General office on the company's alleged role in causing the ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Factbox - Companies count the cost of ditching Russia
(Reuters) - Multinationals that announced their exit from Russia, or suspension of activities there, after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 have started to report associated losses. These are f...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Ukraine seeks urgent WHO meeting on impact of invasion on health
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization's regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on the impact of Russia's inva...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
French Socialists suspend talks on left alliance for parliamentary poll
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France's Socialist Party on Friday suspended talks aimed at uniting centre-left and hard-left parties ahead of parliamentary elections in June, in a sign of the h...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Biden to meet virtually with Mexican president amid immigration shift
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet virtually with Mexican counterpart Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador on Friday as the White House faces criticism over its plan to ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Negative-yielding corporate debt disappears as euro yields hit 8-year high
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) - Yields on euro investment-grade corporate bonds have climbed to their highest in over eight years, a widely-followed index showed on Friday. Surging bond yields this year ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Russia makes last-gasp dollar bond payments in bid to avoid default
(Reuters) - Russia made what appeared to be a late u-turn to avoid a default on Friday, as it made a number of already-overdue international debt payments in dollars despite previously vowing they wou...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Musk sells Tesla shares worth $4.5 billion
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sold about 5.23 million shares in the electric vehicle maker, worth about $4.5 billion, in multiple open market sales on April 28, a securities ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
Romania must reject Hungary-style anti-LGBT bill, rights groups say
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian human rights groups on Friday condemned a bill approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay propaganda in schools, saying it would legitimise discrimination against t...
Thomson Reuters Apr 29, 2022
