Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: EU industry hands Brussels headache over carbon border levy
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels policymakers, about to unveil the world's first carbon border levy, are caught between industry demands to twin it with free carbon permits worth billions ...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. appeals court puts on hold overturning of California assault weapon ban
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday put on hold a judge's ruling this month to overturn California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons. A three-judge panel in the U.S. 9th Circuit Cour...
Jun 22, 2021
UBS hires Morgan Stanley bankers to lead U.S. outsourced trading drive
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS has hired two bankers from Morgan Stanley to help build its trading services for hedge funds and asset managers in the United Sates, according to a memo seen by Reuters and conf...
Jun 22, 2021
China's regulators struggle to sway companies on currency risk
By Winni Zhou and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's financial regulators are cajoling companies to protect themselves against currency risks as the central bank gradually loosens its reins...
Jun 22, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Philippines' Duterte threatens jail for refusing vaccination President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to...
Jun 22, 2021
Analysis: Investors focus on central bank speakers after extreme market moves
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, Kate Duguid and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - With all eyes on the U.S. central bank this week, some investors are looking to a parade of Federal Reserve speakers to calm ...
Jun 22, 2021
Explainer: What's happening with Tesla's $7 billion German 'gigafactory'?
By Nadine Schimroszik and Christoph Steitz GRUENHEIDE, Germany (Reuters) - Next Thursday, July 1, was supposed to be a day of celebration for Tesla: the opening of its self-styled "gigafactory" in the...
Jun 22, 2021
Canada's climate plan charts hard road ahead for high-polluting oil sands
By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada has set ambitious targets for slashing emissions to fight climate change, but faces a stiff challenge: not only is...
Jun 22, 2021
Myanmar army clashes with anti-junta militia in Mandalay city
(Reuters) - Myanmar security forces backed by armoured vehicles clashed on Tuesday with a newly formed militia group in the second-biggest city of Mandalay, according to social media posts from the gr...
Jun 22, 2021
Can we be friends? Dating apps say sex isn't everything in a post-pandemic world
By Aniruddha Ghosh, Subrat Patnaik and Sarah Morland (Reuters) - I've just come out of a long-term lockdown. Can we be friends? Amorous entanglements aren't uppermost in the minds of many people emerg...
Jun 22, 2021
