Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airtel Africa eyes broadband and mobile money boost after bumper first half
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Airtel Africa expects a boost from growing demand for mobile broadband and phone-based financial services, its chief executive said on Thursday, after posting rapi...
Oct 28, 2021
ECB holds policy unchanged, keeping stimulus taps wide open
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left policy unchanged on Thursday as widely expected, holding fire before a set of crucial decisions in December on ending pandemic emergency stimulus a...
Oct 28, 2021
Pakistan Islamist group vows to march on capital after clashes with police
By Mubasher Bukhari and Asif Shahzad LAHORE (Reuters) - A banned Islamist group prepared to march on Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Thursday even as authorities vowed to hold them back with force, fo...
Oct 28, 2021
Sixty countries signed up to EU, U.S.-led pledge on methane emissions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of 60 countries has signed up to a pledge led by the European Union and United States to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, European Commission President ...
Oct 28, 2021
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD's third-quarter profit drops 27.5%
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co Ltd, which is backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday reported a 27.5% drop in third-quarter net profit. BYD made a 1.27 billion...
Oct 28, 2021
European states urge Israel to stop settlement expansion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany, along with other 11 European countries, urged Israel on Thursday to reverse its decision to advance plans to construct around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. In a ...
Oct 28, 2021
Shell says break-up of group would not work in real life
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Breaking up oil major Royal Dutch Shell into separate fossil fuels and renewables companies might be financially compelling but would not work in real life, finan...
Oct 28, 2021
Futures rise on positive earnings; GDP data awaited
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in Caterpillar, Merck and Ford after upbeat quarterly earnings, while investors awaited data that will likely ...
Oct 28, 2021
UAE sends 12 former Guantanamo detainees to Yemen -lawyer, official
By Mohamed Ghobari ADEN (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has sent 12 Yemenis, initially detained at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison, to Yemen where they are expected to be released, a loca...
Oct 28, 2021
Cemex posts 10% sales rise on strong U.S., Mexico demand
(Reuters) - North America's top cement producer Cemex SAB de CV reported a 10% rise in quarterly sales on Thursday, helped by strong demand in the United States and Mexico, even as it faced supply cha...
Oct 28, 2021
