Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FBI Director Wray to testify before Congress on deadly Capitol assault
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray will testify to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about the investigation of the deadly attack on the Capitol by Donald Tr...
Mar 02, 2021
Four plead not guilty in case of toppled slave trader's statue in England
LONDON (Reuters) - Four people pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of criminal damage over their alleged role in the toppling of a statue of Edward Colston, who made a fortune in the slave trade...
Mar 02, 2021
Bond selloff eases but risk gauges flash orange
By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - The recent violent selloff in the $20 trillion U.S. government bond market has eased, but it isn't over. Signs of stress are in fact e...
Mar 02, 2021
France changes tack and approves AstraZeneca shots for under-75s
PARIS (Reuters) - France will allow people under 75 with existing health problems to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the health minister said, departing from an earlier stance that the vaccine s...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court mulls power of landmark law in major voting rights case
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday will consider whether to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona in a case that co...
Mar 02, 2021
Emerging markets see $31.2 billion in non-resident flows in February: IIF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emerging market stocks and bonds saw foreign net inflows of about $31.2 billion in February, though rising U.S. rates triggered a slowdown during the last week, data from the Inst...
Mar 02, 2021
Biden's top financial regulatory picks to face scrutiny in Congress
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees to head two key financial watchdogs will be questioned by lawmakers on Tuesday on how they plan to tackle racial and income...
Mar 02, 2021
China's Ant seeks to ease staff concerns about selling company's shares
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Group is working on measures to help staff with "short-term liquidity problems", its executive chairman said in internal messages, after the halting of the fi...
Mar 02, 2021
Germany to extend coronavirus lockdown until March 28: draft
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to extend its coronavirus lockdown until March 28 while easing some restrictions from next week, a draft document to be discussed by Chancellor Angela...
Mar 02, 2021
UK banks face savings glut on road to pandemic recovery
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's big four banks amassed more than 200 billion pounds ($277.52 billion) of new deposits last year as customers reined in spending through ...
Mar 02, 2021
