Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada plans to clamp new tax on foreign home buyers
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is readying a new tax on foreign home buyers to help tamp down on speculative purchases from overseas, cited as a factor behind sharp rises in housing prices ...
Dec 01, 2020
Saudi minister rejects Iranian accusation on scientist's killing
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs on Tuesday criticised Iran's foreign minister for implicating Riyadh in the killing of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen...
Dec 01, 2020
Securing a COVID-19 vaccine for Europe will be top priority for Portugal's EU presidency, PM says
MADRID (Reuters) - Securing a coronavirus vaccine for all European countries will be a top priority for Portugal when it takes over the presidency of the European Union next January, Portuguese Prime ...
Dec 01, 2020
Massive Puerto Rico telescope collapses
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - The massive telescope at Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory that had been deteriorating since August collapsed on Tuesday, officials said, after 57 years of astronomical di...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 267,302 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 13,447,627 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 152,022 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
Dec 01, 2020
Axon Capital's Singh sees vaccine boosting travel, entertainment stocks
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Services company stocks, especially those linked to travel and leisure, have room to rocket higher next year as consumers venture out again after spending o...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. judiciary, shaped by Trump, thwarts his election challenges
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's reshaping of the federal judiciary has done little to help him win lawsuits challenging the election outcome, with Trump appointees rebuffing him...
Dec 01, 2020
Fed's Daly says aiming for 'sustained' above-target inflation
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Tuesday said the U.S. central bank will need to stick with easy policy during what's likely to be a "protracted" recovery from the...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. bank profits recover from early 2020 turmoil, still down from year prior
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank profits were significantly higher in the third quarter than the first half of 2020, although the industry still lagged behind 2019 levels, a regulato...
Dec 01, 2020
FAA issues new first air certificate for Boeing 737 MAX since 2019
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday issued its first airworthiness certificate for a Boeing 737 MAX built since March 2019, the agency confirmed. The FAA...
Dec 01, 2020
