Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Junior Credit Suisse bankers to get $20,000 'lifestyle' bonus
LONDON (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will give more junior members of its capital markets and deal businesses a $20,000 "lifestyle" allowance as it tries to maintain morale among staff feeling the strain ...
Mar 25, 2021
Analysis: Sudan's banks set for big bang as capital deadline nears
By Patrick Werr and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese banks face a major shake-up in 2021 to address the damage caused by decades of international isolation and state interference, which ba...
Mar 25, 2021
France puts region around Lyon under tighter COVID restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - Three additional French regions including the Rhone department around the city of Lyon will be put under tightened COVID-19 restrictions for four weeks from Friday, the government an...
Mar 25, 2021
Georgia state lawmakers approve new restrictions on voting
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's Republican-led House of Representatives passed a sweeping elections bill on Thursday that would impose new restrictions on voting in the state that helped D...
Mar 25, 2021
Biden sets goal of 200 million U.S. COVID-19 shots in his first 100 days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he was setting a new goal of administering 200 million vaccination shots against COVID-19 in the United States in his first 100 days in...
Mar 25, 2021
Report: Magic trade Nikola Vucevic to Bulls
The Orlando Magic are trading All-Star center Nikola Vucevic to the Chicago Bulls as part of a four-player deal, ESPN reported Thursday. The Magic also are sending forward Al-Farouq Aminu to Chicago i...
Mar 25, 2021
Thermo Fisher to work with Pfizer-BioNtech on vaccine production in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) - Thermo Fisher Scientific said on Thursday it would work with Pfizer and BioNtech to produce their COVID-19 vaccine in Italy. "Thermo Fisher is working as part of Pfizer's global vacc...
Mar 25, 2021
Fed's Evans sees progress on employment, but inflation too low
(Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Thursday said that while he expects the U.S. unemployment rate this year to fall to 4.5%, marking "substantial progress," inflation is st...
Mar 25, 2021
Dutch police says bomb threat at parliament was false alarm
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police on Thursday afternoon said a bomb threat which had prompted the closing of parliamentary buildings and the surrounding area in The Hague had been a false alarm. Hagu...
Mar 25, 2021
Announcer Dick Stockton retires after 55 years
Record-setting play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton is retiring after a 55-year career. He made the announcement Thursday in a news release issued by FOX Sports, where he's worked the past 27 years. "...
Mar 25, 2021
