Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. can regulate cryptocurrencies without new law, think tank says
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - U.S. regulators can largely use existing laws to bring digital assets such as cryptocurrencies under their supervision without new congressional legislation, one of Washingt...
Mar 01, 2022
Fidelity Investments says more than 92% of its funds have no Russian securities
BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments on Tuesday said more than 92% of its mutual funds do not have any investment in Russian securities, as of the latest disclosures. In a statement sent by a repre...
Mar 01, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court mulls 'pill mill' doctors' opioid convictions
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with the circumstances under which doctors can be convicted of operating as drug dealers under the cover of their medical practic...
Mar 01, 2022
Rouble weakens further, threatening Russian living standards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rouble weakened past 100 against the dollar in Moscow trade and hit 117 in other markets on Tuesday, threatening the living standards of ordinary Russians as the country is hi...
Mar 01, 2022
U.S. Senate talks on omnibus spending bill hit snag over Ukraine defense money -Republican leader McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate talks on an omnibus spending bill to fund the U.S. government have hit a snag over defense spending related to Ukraine, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said...
Mar 01, 2022
Hungarians protest Ukraine invasion, Russian bank in Budapest
By Anita Komuves and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Several hundred Hungarians rallied in central Budapest on Tuesday to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has sent tens of t...
Mar 01, 2022
Canada's Nutrien eyes prolonged global fertilizer disruption from invasion of Ukraine
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -Canada's Nutrien Ltd, the world's biggest fertilizer producer, said on Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could result in prolonged disruptions to th...
Mar 01, 2022
U.S. Fed proposes tiered system for reviewing master account applications
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed a tiered framework for reviewing applications to obtain a master account with the central bank as part of an effort to ensure "trans...
Mar 01, 2022
U.S. Vice President Harris speaks with five leaders from NATO eastern flank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday held separate telephone calls with the leaders of five countries that form NATO's eastern flank amid the Russian invasion of neighbo...
Mar 01, 2022
Analysis-Ukraine war won't deter Fed and Co. from March rate hikes
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Sujata Rao and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve and some of its major central banking peers will press ahead with lifting interest rates this month, m...
Mar 01, 2022
