Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Futures jump on J&J vaccine cheer, stimulus optimism
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures jumped more than 1% on Monday as Johnson & Johnson's newly approved COVID-19 vaccine and progress in a new $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
France steps up economic stimulus rollout with more cash for industry
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is accelerating the rollout of its economic stimulus plan by ploughing an extra billion euros into support for the industrial sector, Finance Minister Bruno Le ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
WTO to hold ministerial meeting in Geneva in late 2021: sources
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Trade Organization members agreed on Monday to hold the next major ministerial meeting in Geneva, Switzerland in late 2021, delegates told Reuters. The biennial conference was...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
One year into pandemic, sky begins to clear over U.S. economy
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite the U.S. economy's near miss with a depression last year and an ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has brought travel to ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
Europeans push IAEA Iran resolution despite warnings by Russia, Tehran
VIENNA (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany are pressing ahead with a U.S.-backed plan for a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board criticising Iran for curbing cooperation with the agency...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
Bitcoin rises 6% as risk assets rally; Citi says at a "tipping point"
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose nearly 6% on Monday as risk assets rallied after last week's bond rout cooled, and Citi said the most popular cryptocurrency was at a "tipping point" and could become t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
Amid scramble for COVID-19 vaccine, Latin America turns to Russia
By DANIEL RAMOS, Aislinn Laing and Cassandra Garrison LA PAZ (Reuters) - As Bolivia struggled late last year to secure deals with large drug firms to supply COVID-19 vaccines, the incoming president, ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
Payments firm Klarna triples valuation to $31 billion by raising $1 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish payments firm Klarna nearly tripled its valuation to $31 billion in less than six months after it announced on Monday a new $1 billion fundraising round. The new round, w...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to vote to advance Garland's nomination as attorney general
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday is due to vote to advance Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee, paving the way for the...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
Spotlight moves to U.S. Senate as Democrats push $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are anxious for Congress to pass President Joe Biden's top priority - his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill - in the next two weeks. Their b...
Thomson Reuters Mar 01, 2021
