Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil economy its largest since 2015, central bank activity index shows
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian economic activity rose sharply in January, a central bank index showed on Monday, indicating that Latin America's largest economy has not only recovered all its pandemic...
Mar 15, 2021
China asks Alibaba to curtail media assets: WSJ
(Reuters) - China's government has asked Alibaba Group Holding Ltd to dispose of its media assets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Discussions over ...
Mar 15, 2021
Iran releases footage of Revolutionary Guards 'missile city' base
(Reuters) - Iran released images and film footage on Monday of what it said was a new Revolutionary Guards base armed with cruise and ballistic missiles and "electronic warfare" equipment. A report on...
Mar 15, 2021
Born into conflict, 10-year old Syrian child is family's breadwinner
By Mahmoud Hassouna ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Mohammed Abu Rdan has known nothing but conflict throughout his short life. Born in rural Aleppo in 2011 when peaceful protests against President Bashar a...
Mar 15, 2021
Global union watchdog reports abuses of Myanmar workers' rights to ILO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar trade unionists have been arrested and harassed in door to door searches, while others are hiding in fear, the International Labour Organization said af...
Mar 15, 2021
Blucora urges investors to reject Ancora's directors, plans
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Financial services firm Blucora Inc is urging shareholders to back its board and block a dissident investor's effort to seat four directors, arguing it has al...
Mar 15, 2021
Canadian housing starts decline 13.5% on month in February: CMHC
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts fell 13.5% in February compared with the previous month on decreases of both multiple and single-detached urban starts, data from the Canadian Mortgage and H...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. airlines see 'glimmers of hope' as bookings improve
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said on Monday that it expects a first-quarter revenue decline at the low end of its forecast for a 60% to 65% decline from the same quarter in 2019, before the pandemic cr...
Mar 15, 2021
From stage to cemetery: Europe's workers retrain for post-pandemic jobs
By Robert Muller, Michael Kahn and Michael Nienaber PRAGUE (Reuters) - With theatres closed and work prospects dim, Czech actor Tomas Novotny put his stage career on hold and trained to become a grave...
Mar 15, 2021
Brazil's 2021 inflation outlook surges to 4.6%, well beyond central bank target: survey
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's expected inflation for 2021 shot up to a new high of 4.6%, a central bank survey of economists published on Monday showed, significantly above the bank's year-end target ...
Mar 15, 2021
