Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Office Depot rebuffs takeover offer from Staples - WSJ
(Reuters) - Office Depot owner ODP Corp rebuffed a more than $2 billion takeover offer from bigger rival Staples, proposing to combine only retail operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesd...
Jan 19, 2021
Iraq delays general election to Oct. 10 - state media
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone the general election to Oct. 10 from June, the state news agency INA said. The elections been brought forward to June 6, roughly a yea...
Jan 19, 2021
Goldman Sachs profit surges past estimates on M&A, trading boost
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc dwarfed estimates with a 153% jump in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, powered by another blowout performance at its core bond trading and underwriting business an...
Jan 19, 2021
Malaysia expands lockdown measures to most states as virus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday said it would extend lockdown restrictions across most of the country as it grappled with a rise in coronavirus infections. Last week, capital Kuala Lumpur...
Jan 19, 2021
Futures rise ahead of Yellen speech; spotlight on earnings
By Devik Jain and Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures climbed on Tuesday as investors anticipated U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen to make the case for a big fiscal relief pac...
Jan 19, 2021
Head of Ukraine Constitutional Court notified he considered a suspect in witness tampering case
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian investigators formally notified the head of Ukraine's constitutional court that he is a suspect in a witness tampering case, the state investigation bureau said on Tuesday. ...
Jan 19, 2021
Exclusive: India to start COVID-19 vaccine exports as soon as Wednesday - sources
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, one of the world's biggest drugmakers, will start exports of COVID-19 vaccines as early as Wednesday, government sources said, paving the way for many m...
Jan 19, 2021
UK says Biden confirmation shows U.S. democracy rejects violence
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States showed democracy there could not be challenged by a v...
Jan 19, 2021
Bank of America profit falls as consumer banking business falters
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp posted a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as historically low interest rates hurt its consumer banking business. Net income applicable to common shareholders f...
Jan 19, 2021
Iraq tightens security along flashpoint Syria frontier, military says
By John Davison AL-QAIM, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq is tightening security along its 600 km (400 mile) border with Syria to curb the movement of Islamic State militants, drug smuggling and other illegal ac...
Jan 19, 2021
