Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Quarles cautions pandemic stimulus could obscure risks for banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Vice Chair Randal Quarles cautioned Thursday that needed efforts to provide more economic stimulus could obscure risks at banks by helping keep borrowers afloat ...
Feb 25, 2021
G20 needs to deliver $650 billion IMF boost, extend debt relief: campaigners
LONDON (Reuters) - The 20 biggest economies need to back a $650 billion boost to the International Monetary Fund's currency, reallocate existing reserves and extend debt payment relief to the poorest ...
Feb 25, 2021
JPMorgan CEO of Chase consumer banking leaving to head TIAA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's Chief Executive Officer of the Chase Consumer Banking division Thasunda Brown Duckett is leaving America's largest bank to become the head of the retirement ...
Feb 25, 2021
Bullpen additions for Twins don’t mean demotion for Rogers
By: Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Twins bolstered their bullpen this winter by signing two pitchers with ninth-inning experience, including the most recent closer for their primary divisio...
Feb 25, 2021
Costco raises minimum wage to $16 per hour
(Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp said on Thursday it would raise the minimum wage for its hourly staff to $16 per hour starting next week, a dollar more than what its competitors Amazon.com Inc and T...
Feb 25, 2021
Last songs - Paris to close its historical bird market
By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - Canaries, parakeets and zebra finches will no longer chirp from small cages in the shadow of Notre Dame cathedral, after Paris voted to close its 19th-century bir...
Feb 25, 2021
JPMorgan expects capital surcharge rate of 4%: CFO
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Piepszak said she expects the bank's capital surcharge requirement to be 4% unless there is a regulatory change. These surchar...
Feb 25, 2021
Moscow homeless shelter sees visitors triple in pandemic
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow charity helping the homeless has seen the number of people dropping in for a cup of tea or a bite to eat increase threefold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Russia, wit...
Feb 25, 2021
Protester jailed in Belarus for 10 years as U.N. warns of 'human rights crisis'
By Matthias Williams and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) - A Belarusian court sentenced an anti-government protester to 10 years in prison on Thursday, media and activists said, on charges that the opposi...
Feb 25, 2021
AstraZeneca's chief confirms pledge of 40 million COVID-19 shots to EU in first quarter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is trying to deliver 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the EU by the end of March, less than half the amount it promised in its contract for the quarter, CEO...
Feb 25, 2021
