Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia fines Google 3 million rbls for violating personal data law
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday fined Google 3 million roubles ($41,017) for violating personal data legislation, Google's first fine for that offence, Moscow's Tagansky District Court said. Goo...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
South Africa property, retail firms bet on townships despite unrest
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Recent unrest in South Africa damaged hundreds of businesses but property developers and retailers say they remain committed to the fast-growing consumer mar...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
German utility leaders' demands on the next government
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany goes to the polls in September in which outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are pitted against the ecologist Greens over energy issues, including the best w...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
AstraZeneca hopes to settle EU legal dispute in coming weeks - exec
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca hopes to settle a legal dispute with the European Union over COVID-19 vaccine deliveries in the coming weeks, a senior executive said on Thursday, potentially ending a r...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 for first time - Nippon TV
TOKYO (Reuters) - Newly reported daily COVID-19 cases in Japan exceeded 10,000 for the first time, Nippon Television reported on Thursday, after the Tokyo metropolitan government reported a record-hig...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Westpac economist says Australia central bank should lift bond purchases immediately
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank should immediately boost its bond purchase programme from A$5 billion per week to A$6 billion, Westpac chief economist Bill Evans said, in order to cushion ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Probe into Beirut blast stalls again, leaving families fuming one year on
By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ibrahim Hoteit lost his younger brother, Tharwat, in the huge explosion that ripped through the port of Beirut last August. He went around hospitals collecting body...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
UK mortgage lending saw record surge before tax deadline - Bank of England
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British mortgage lending surged by a record amount in June as home-buyers rushed to take advantage of a tax break before it was scaled back, Bank of England data...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
UK consumer spending edges up in week to July 22 - card data
LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer spending on credit and debit cards in Britain rose 2 percentage points in the week to July 22 from the week before, according to data published by the country's statistics ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
Earnings cheer lifts European stocks to new highs
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) - European stocks hit record highs on Thursday as strong earnings from commodity majors, Airbus and a clutch of other companies set an upbeat tone, with fading concerns abo...
Thomson Reuters Jul 29, 2021
