Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's Crown Resorts posts half-year loss
(Reuters) - Australia's biggest casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd on Thursday reported a third consecutive half-yearly loss, as long spells of pandemic-related restrictions and regulatory costs contin...
Feb 16, 2022
NY attorney general fires back at Trump's defense of financial statements
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - New York's attorney general on Wednesday pounced on former President Donald Trump's defense of company's financial statements, saying the five-page statement Trump issued...
Feb 16, 2022
Buffett business partner Munger laments U.S.-China tensions, calls crypto 'venereal disease'
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, on Wednesday said it is "massively stupid" for tensions to escalate between the United States and China...
Feb 16, 2022
U.S. warns against Russian false claims being used as pretext for Ukraine invasion
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned on Wednesday that Russia could use false claims about the conflict in Ukraine's Donbass region, including reports of ma...
Feb 16, 2022
Golf-Woods still has 'long way to go' but confident career not over
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said on Wednesday he was not recovering as quickly as he would like from the leg injuries he sustained in a car crash last February but remained confident about...
Feb 16, 2022
Germany's Scholz and U.S. Biden call Ukraine situation 'extremely serious'
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden agree the situation in Ukraine must be assessed as "extremely serious" as there is still a risk of further Russian militar...
Feb 16, 2022
Lula's lead over Bolsonaro narrows ahead of Brazil's October election -poll
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead has narrowed to 9 points from 14 in one month, but he would still win a second-round runoff soundly if Brazil's election ...
Feb 16, 2022
Wesfarmers first-half profit dives as Omicron disrupts business
(Reuters) - Australian retail conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd on Thursday posted a 14.2% drop in first-half profit due to COVID-19 curbs and supply chain disruptions, and warned issues including labour co...
Feb 16, 2022
New observations help explain universe's most energetic objects
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Observations showing a roughly donut-shaped cloud of cosmic dust and gas shrouding a huge black hole at the heart of a galaxy similar in size to our Milky Way are...
Feb 16, 2022
Private equity founder gets 15 months in prison in U.S. college scandal
BOSTON (Reuters) - A private equity financier was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in prison for participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud scheme by conspiring to pay bribes to secure s...
Feb 16, 2022
