Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased last week, suggesting that the labor market was stabilizing as authorities started to loosen ...
Feb 04, 2021
Brazil's new Senate leader aims for tax reform within eight months
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's new Senate leader said on Thursday he aims to approve tax reform in six to eight months and that he is working urgently to extend aid to millions of the country's poores...
Feb 04, 2021
Hit by shortage, Volkswagen demands boost to Europe chip sector
By Jan Schwartz and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe needs to stump up cash to boost its chip industry, a board member of the continent's largest carmaker Volkswagen said, pointing to a g...
Feb 04, 2021
Sputnik-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials to start in Azerbaijan, MidEast
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine combining a British shot from AstraZeneca and Oxford University with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine will begin next week in Azerb...
Feb 04, 2021
Sweden plans for digital coronavirus "vaccine passport" by summer
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden plans to launch a digital coronavirus "vaccine passport" by summer, assuming there is an international standard in place for the document by then, the government said on T...
Feb 04, 2021
German watchdog orders Goldman Sachs to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog Bafin has ordered Goldman Sachs to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing, it said on Thursday. Bafin said it had asked Goldman Sachs to co...
Feb 04, 2021
Italy's Draghi looks to fractured parties to back new government
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi was due to start talks with Italy's divided political parties on Thursday to seek backing for a ne...
Feb 04, 2021
Bank of England says banks need 6 months for any sub-zero rates
By Andy Bruce, David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks need at least six months to prepare for any cut in interest rates below zero, the Bank of England said as it kept...
Feb 04, 2021
France's Macron aims to tackle tobacco and alcohol in 10-year cancer plan
By Benoit Van Overstraeten PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron wants the generation that will turn 20 in 2030 to be the first tobacco-free one, and also promised on Thursday to do more ...
Feb 04, 2021
Exclusive-Union leaders backing Amazon election in Alabama discuss effort with White House
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and the labor leaders connected with the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union have discussed the group's effort to unionize an Amazon.com I...
Feb 04, 2021
