Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Europe must play catch-up as U.S. economy readies for take-off
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Struggling to get its vaccine campaign and economic recovery plan in gear, Europe can only watch with envy the stratospheric growth path projected for the stim...
Mar 19, 2021
Factbox: Sanctions imposed against Myanmar’s generals since they seized power
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) - World leaders from Washington to Singapore have condemned a military coup in Myanmar, urging generals to halt a deadly crackdown on demonstrators, release detainees includin...
Mar 19, 2021
UK's Taylor Wimpey, Countryside asked to drop unfair ground rent terms
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) - British homebuilders Taylor Wimpey and Countryside Properties must remove contract terms that lock leaseholders into rents that double every 10 or 15 years, the UK...
Mar 19, 2021
Twitter's 'Birdwatch' crowd experiment courts familiar challenges
By Elizabeth Culliford NEW YORK (Reuters) - In January, just weeks after Twitter Inc permanently banned former President Donald Trump following the storming of the U.S. Capitol, the social media compa...
Mar 19, 2021
Senate's new finance cop, Oregon's Wyden, holds keys to Biden trade agenda
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, a Democrat who has been called both pro-trade and pro-labor, now holds major sway over President Joe Biden's trade a...
Mar 19, 2021
With traditional fabrics, Nigerian designers fashion a new aesthetic
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - Weaving contemporary designs into a traditional West African fabric, Nigerian Tsemaye Binitie is creating fashion he hopes can also bridge the gap between luxury and t...
Mar 19, 2021
Team player Hassan succeeds Tanzania's blunt-spoken Magufuli
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's first woman president, the calm, measured Samia Suluhu Hassan, brings a striking change of leadership style as successor to John Magufuli, a brash populist who drew glob...
Mar 19, 2021
UK fund manager James Anderson to leave Scottish Mortgage next year
(Reuters) - Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), UK's largest investment trust, said on Friday joint portfolio manager James Anderson would be stepping down in April 2022 after more than two deca...
Mar 19, 2021
Russia raises key rate to 4.5% amid inflationary and geopolitical risks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank raised its key interest rate to 4.5% on Friday amid inflationary and geopolitical risks and signalled that more rate increases would follow. The decision to ra...
Mar 19, 2021
Elanco stands behind safety of its flea and tick collars
(Reuters) - Elanco Animal Health Inc said on Friday it stood behind the safety of its Seresto collars for flea and ticks after a Congressional subcommittee asked for the product to be removed from the...
Mar 19, 2021
