Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fee bonanza on China's STAR Market IPOs passes by Western banks
By Scott Murdoch and Samuel Shen HONG KONG (Reuters) - A fee bonanza on China's Nasdaq-style STAR Market, which is set to surge with Ant Group's mega-listing, is passing Western banks by due to their ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
Mozambique condemns 'horrifying' shooting of naked woman at hands of fighters
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's army has condemned the apparent execution of a naked woman by men wearing military uniforms, shown in video footage, where she is beaten with a stick before being shot ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
ByteDance's Chinese version of TikTok hits 600 million daily users
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Douyin, the Chinese version of short video app TikTok, hit 600 million daily active users in August, an executive with parent company ByteDance said ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
Taiwan says it has Vatican assurances on China accord
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Vatican has asked Taiwan not to worry about the extension of a deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops as it was a religious matter and not a diplomatic...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
MLB roundup: Padres pound Dodgers for 8th straight win
Rookie Jorge Ona hit a tiebreaking double to left in the seventh, and the host Padres added four more runs in the inning after a pair of fielding miscues by Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy to score a ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
Sally brings 100-mph winds as it rumbles into U.S. Gulf Coast
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Sally drew closer to the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday morning, bringing heavy rains and surging water ahead of its expected landfall as a Category 2 hurr...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
How ByteDance's CEO balked at selling TikTok's U.S. business
By Echo Wang, Keith Zhai and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - ByteDance founder and CEO Yiming Zhang's decision to drop his pursuit of a sale of TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp in favor of a par...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
Rangers and Denmark great Laudrup wins cancer battle
(Reuters) - Former Rangers and Denmark forward Brian Laudrup said he has been given the all-clear from cancer after a 10-year battle. The 51-year-old was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma, a slow-gro...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
At historic White House event, UAE and Bahrain to move toward normal ties with Israel
By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements t...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020
Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism
By Foo Yun Chee and Katie Paul BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook on Tuesday launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change, as critics question i...
Thomson Reuters Sep 15, 2020