Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pledge to protect oceans to fight climate change is 'weak' - NGO
By Kanupriya Kapoor (Reuters) - More than a dozen countries, including the United States, pledged on Tuesday to step up protection of their national waters, but activists said the promise lacked the a...
Nov 02, 2021
Rate differentials set to gently jostle strong U.S. dollar: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The dollar's performance against major currencies will be mixed as investors are expected to favour those carrying higher interest rates in both the short and medi...
Nov 02, 2021
Shares in S.Korea fintech firm Kakao Pay jump in debut
By Joyce Lee and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp saw its shares double in value from their initial public offering (IPO) price on their trading debut on Wednesday. Kakao Pay s...
Nov 02, 2021
Democrat Brown wins U.S. House election in Ohio -media projections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Shontel Brown defeated Republican Laverne Gore in a special election for Ohio's 11th Congressional District to fill a seat that Democrat Marcia Fudge vacated in March t...
Nov 02, 2021
Tesla added to Uber London plan to boost electric car uptake
LONDON (Reuters) - Tesla cars from Wednesday will be available to Uber drivers in London looking to buy or lease a green vehicle as part of an incentive scheme to boost electric car use, the ride-hail...
Nov 02, 2021
New Zealand central bank flags inflation risks, financial system sound
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank warned on Wednesday that growing global inflationary risks could lead to higher interest rates and declines in asset values. In its bi-annual Financia...
Nov 02, 2021
Canada's British Columbia to defer logging of at-risk ancient trees
(Reuters) - Canada's British Columbia province said on Tuesday it would work with indigenous groups to defer logging of rare and ancient trees as part of a strategy to modernize the timber industry an...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. stock buybacks head for record in third quarter
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Total U.S. corporate stock buybacks are on track to hit a record for the third quarter as the U.S. economy bounced back from the global pandemic and chief...
Nov 02, 2021
Dreams on hold: Afghan girls, women desperate to get back to class
By Zohra Bensemra KABUL (Reuters) - To fill her days and keep her mind occupied, university student Hawa sits by the window in her Kabul home and pores over a book. Like hundreds of thousands of other...
Nov 02, 2021
Singapore lender OCBC Q3 profit rises 19%, beats estimates
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's second-largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) reported a better-than-expected 19% rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, supported by lower provisi...
Nov 02, 2021
