Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ida's insurance impact likely to be boosted by pandemic pricing
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers are bracing for $15 billion to $30 billion in claims from Hurricane Ida, but the figure could jump higher, in part because of pandemic pricing that has pus...
Aug 30, 2021
U.S. issues COVID-19 'do not travel' advisory for Switzerland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department on Monday both warned against travel to Switzerland, Azerbaijan and Estonia because of a risin...
Aug 30, 2021
Nearly 30% of Brazil's gold exports are illegal, report says
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Roughly 28% of Brazilian gold exports in 2019 and 2020 likely came from illegal mines, a report by public prosecutors and the Federal University of Minas Ge...
Aug 30, 2021
Tennis - Suarez Navarro given standing ovation as she bows out of U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carla Suarez Navarro received a standing ovation at Flushing Meadows on Monday after the fan favorite brought down the curtains on her Grand Slam singles career following her firs...
Aug 30, 2021
Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending - study
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp are the three biggest lobbying spenders in Europe in a battle against tough new laws aimed at curbing U...
Aug 30, 2021
Soccer - Brazil abandons plans to have fans at Argentine qualifier
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities have abandoned plans to allow a crowd of 12,000 to watch Sunday's World Cup qualifier with Argentina due to what the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) ...
Aug 30, 2021
SEC chairman says ban of payment for order flow 'on the table' - Barron's
(Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler said a full ban of the controversial payment for order flow (PFOF) practice is "on the table," financial newspaper Barron...
Aug 30, 2021
Tennis - Cilic retires for first time in more than 800 matches
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former champion Marin Cilic of Croatia retired from his first-round match against German Philipp Kohlschreiber on Monday with an apparent injury, his earliest exit from the U.S. O...
Aug 30, 2021
FAA says Kabul airport now uncontrolled, U.S. carriers barred from flights
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kabul airport is without air traffic control services now that the U.S. military has withdrawn from Afghanistan, and U.S. civil aircraft are barred from oper...
Aug 30, 2021
U.S. appeals court revives Madoff trustee lawsuit against Citigroup
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday said Citigroup Inc must face a $343.1 million clawback lawsuit by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's former firm, who a...
Aug 30, 2021
