Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Take Five: Dollar signs
1/GREENBACK GAIN The dollar bounce is confounding some who bet on a multi-year downtrend. Fed officials' bullish prognoses for 2021 growth and Democrats' determination to push through big-time stimulu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
Berlin welcomes freeze of U.S. troop reduction in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's announcement that his administration would suspend any planned troop withdrawals from Germany in another sign of thawing re...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
Serena looks to hold back tide of youth in history quest
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serena Williams will want to have a big say in the matter but the inexorable drive towards youth among women's Grand Slam winners looks set to continue at the A...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
Djokovic dynasty under threat at Australian Open
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - No man has dominated the Australian Open like Novak Djokovic but the steely Serb's reign over the blue hardcourts of Melbourne Park may be set for its biggest chall...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
S&P, Nasdaq futures at record highs before January jobs report
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday as investors expected the pivotal jobs report to confirm worst of the labor market turm...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
"Food for my soul": French 106-year-old pianist to release sixth album
By Ardee Napolitano PARIS (Reuters) - Colette Maze says she began playing the piano when she was four years old to find in music the warmth absent in her strict upbringing. Today, at the age of 106, h...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
Scottish court says case seeking clarification about independence vote premature
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's top civil court has dismissed a case which sought a ruling that the Scottish parliament could hold an independence referendum without permission from London, saying it wa...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
By John Davison, Ahmed and Rasheed FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against U.S. troops when they occupied his hometown of Fallujah in 200...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
PayPal says U.S. consumer watchdog investigating payment app Venmo
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it was cooperating with the U.S. consumer watchdog regarding a civil investigation demand relating to its app Venmo's alleged unauthorized fund transfers...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
UK regulators say extra AstraZeneca vaccine data highlights efficacy in elderly
LONDON (Reuters) - British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is effective in the elderly, a...
Thomson Reuters Feb 05, 2021
