Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexican president hails Biden's border wall freeze
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to stop new construction of his predecessor's signature wall on the border with Mexico received a vote of confidence from his Mexican counte...
Feb 12, 2021
Turkish sailors freed after kidnapping off Nigeria: company executive
ANKARA (Reuters) - Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea have been freed in Nigeria and will head home, a shipping company executive said on Friday, two weeks a...
Feb 12, 2021
Fed eyes trouble in commercial real estate, corporate debt in 2021 stress tests
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday unveiled the hypothetical recession it plans to test large banks against in its 2021 stress tests, which includes "substanti...
Feb 12, 2021
Which countries would benefit most from an IMF SDR increase
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Group of Seven finance ministers are expected on Friday to back a new allocation of the International Monetary Fund's own currency, or Special Drawing Rights, to help ...
Feb 12, 2021
Philippines' Duterte tells U.S. 'you have to pay' if it wants to keep troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the United States must pay if it wants to keep a two-decade-old troop deployment agreement with his country that is central to U....
Feb 12, 2021
French authority recommends single COVID-19 shot for those previously infected
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authority Haute Autorite de Sante recommended on Friday that only a single shot of COVID-19 vaccine should be administered to people who had been previously infected. T...
Feb 12, 2021
Vodafone Germany suspends China TV from cable after licence withdrawn
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vodafone Germany said it had suspended distribution of China's state-owned CGTN television on its cable services after authorities had withdrawn a licence for its distribution. The ...
Feb 12, 2021
Djokovic survives injury scare to beat Fritz
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a major injury scare as he battled past American Taylor Fritz 7-6(1) 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday. ...
Feb 12, 2021
Analysis: Pawz and UFOs: Thematic ETFs boom, drawing punters and concern
By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - From cat food to cannabis, it's boom time for quirky ETFs offering the chance to punt on niche themes in fast-growth sectors, but thei...
Feb 12, 2021
Nigeria's president approves set up of $2.6 billion infrastructure firm
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president has approved the creation of a new company that will focus on infrastructure development, with a seed capital of 1 trillion naira ($2.63 billion), the head of sta...
Feb 12, 2021
