Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lack of U.S.-UK trade deal not connected to post-Brexit concerns -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lack of a deal with the United States to remove tariffs on UK steel and aluminum is not connected with any concerns about post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland,...
Dec 02, 2021
Brazil Senate OKs easing budget cap to fund welfare program
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate on Thursday passed the main text of a constitutional amendment that will ease the government's spending cap and open room for a larger welfare program. It also all...
Dec 02, 2021
PPF looking at divesting or taking on partners in some Home Credit markets
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech investment group PPF is looking at possibly selling or taking in partners in units of its Home Credit consumer lending business in some countries where it sees limited potenti...
Dec 02, 2021
Sudan appoints Khalifa Ahmed as new acting Public Prosecutor
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's Sovereign Council appointed on Thursday Khalifa Ahmed as new acting Public Prosecutor, according to a statement by the council. The statement added that Abdel Fattah al-Burha...
Dec 02, 2021
Mid-December bill yields elevated as debt ceiling deadline approaches
By Karen Brettell (Reuters) - Some U.S. Treasury bills that come due in December are trading at elevated yields as investors again face the prospect that the U.S. government may run out of funds in as...
Dec 02, 2021
S.Africa's health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a threefold higher risk of reinfection than the currently dominant Delta variant and the Beta strain, a group of South African...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. biofuel blending proposals to come in days, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. administration plans to propose in days the amount of biofuels oil refiners must blend into their fuel mix this year and next year, ...
Dec 02, 2021
Tennis-ATP tight-lipped over following WTA move on China tournaments
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The governing body of men's tennis on Thursday decided for now against following the Women's Tennis Association's lead in suspending tournaments in China over the treatment...
Dec 02, 2021
Turkish banks will support new low-rates economic model, association head says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish banks will support a "new economic model" based on low interest rates championed by President Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Banks Association Chairman Alpaslan Cakar said, addin...
Dec 02, 2021
Fed's Daly says officials may need to start crafting plan for rate increase
(Reuters) - As Federal Reserve officials always need to be prepared for various economic scenarios and it might be time to start crafting a plan for raising interest rates to address above target infl...
Dec 02, 2021
