Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain to probe COVID-19 contracts allegedly linked to ministers
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's anti-corruption prosecutor said on Friday it would open a preliminary inquiry into alleged corruption by companies purportedly linked to government ministers that won lucrat...
Apr 22, 2022
The golden ticket: Will Trump's endorsement in Ohio race burnish or tarnish his star power?
By James Oliphant CORTLAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Josh Mandel, a leading contender to win the nomination in the U.S. Senate Republican primary battle in Ohio, expressed confidence this week that victory wa...
Apr 22, 2022
ECB's Lagarde sees strong chance of a rate hike this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Central Bank is likely to end its bond purchase scheme in early third quarter and raise rates before the end of the year, European Central Bank President Christine L...
Apr 22, 2022
Heirs to Nazi-looted painting win U.S. appeal in case against Spanish museum
MADRID (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Jewish family that is trying to reclaim a Camille Pissarro painting seized by the Nazis in 1939 and now owned by a leading Spanish mu...
Apr 22, 2022
BOJ's Kuroda vows to 'persistently' continue aggressive monetary easing
By Dan Burns NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday the central bank should "persistently" continue with its current aggressive monetary easing, despite an expected ...
Apr 22, 2022
Yellen says U.S. economy being 'resilient', no recession in sight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said the U.S. economy was proving "very resilient" in the face of a series of shocks, and she did not foresee it tipping into rece...
Apr 22, 2022
IMF's Gopinath says central bankers need to act now on inflation
(Reuters) - Central bankers must act decisively and quickly to tackle the rise in inflation, Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said on Friday. Gopinath,...
Apr 22, 2022
German prosecutor on McCann case says naming of suspect is legal formality
By Maria Sheahan and Catarina Demony BERLIN/LISBON (Reuters) - A German prosecutor investigating a jailed rapist over the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann said on Friday that the...
Apr 22, 2022
Exclusive - Goldman, JPMorgan among banks left holding Russian stocks by sanctions switch
By Sinead Cruise and Carolina Mandl LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A decision last month by FTSE Russell and MSCI to remove Russian stocks from their indexes has left some of the world's largest banks in...
Apr 22, 2022
Belarus opposition leader calls for more sanctions against Lukashenko over Ukraine
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Friday for harsher sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who she says must share full res...
Apr 22, 2022
