Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Investor demand for $5 billion Alibaba bond deal undimmed by regulatory woes
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holdings said it had raised $5 billion as it finalised its mega U.S. dollar bond deal on Friday, as investors overlooked the company's ongoing regu...
Feb 04, 2021
Turkish minister says U.S. behind 2016 failed coup: Hurriyet
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's interior minister accused the United States on Thursday of being behind a 2016 failed coup that Ankara has blamed on a U.S.-based Muslim preacher, the Hurriyet daily report...
Feb 04, 2021
China reports fewest daily COVID-19 cases in over a month
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported the fewest new COVID-19 cases in over a month, official data showed on Friday, suggesting that the latest wave of the disease is subsiding ahead of the key Lunar Ne...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. rejects Turkish minister's statement that U.S. was behind 2016 coup attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday assertions by Turkish officials that the United States was involved in a failed 2016 coup in Turkey were "wholly false." In a statemen...
Feb 04, 2021
Wimbledon eyeing reduced-capacity crowd
Wimbledon organizers have started planning to host the Grand Slam event with a reduced-capacity crowd, though other options are being discussed, The All England Club said Thursday. Other options for t...
Feb 04, 2021
'America is back' - Biden touts muscular foreign policy in first diplomatic speech
By Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday promised a new era after the scattershot foreign policy of his predecessor, Donald Trump, declaring "Am...
Feb 04, 2021
Asian futures flat after Wall Street closes at record highs
By Imani Moise (Reuters) - - Asian futures were little changed in early trading after progress in vaccine distribution and a large U.S. stimulus program sent two major Wall Street indexes to record cl...
Feb 04, 2021
China says U.S. 'creating tensions' after warship sails near Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is deliberately "creating tensions" and disrupting peace and stability, China's military said, after a U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, th...
Feb 04, 2021
Dollar outlook still dark, recent strength a blip: Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The dollar's weakening trend is still in play, with the currency predicted to stay range-bound or fall in the next three months, according to a majority of strateg...
Feb 04, 2021
Amazon bucks UK's grim labour market with 1,000 apprenticeships
LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon brought a little cheer to Britain's pandemic- battered labour market on Friday, saying it will recruit more than 1,000 apprentices in 2021. Britain's unemployment rate hit 5%...
Feb 04, 2021
