Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French and Dutch securities watchdogs urge crackdown on "greenwashing"
LONDON (Reuters) - European Union rules are needed to prevent "greenwashing" or inaccurate claims that investments are sustainable and climate-friendly, French and Dutch securities regulators said on ...
Dec 15, 2020
In frozen north, a Japanese city's coronavirus crisis maps out winter vulnerability
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A freezing northern city that has become a red flag for Japan's winter vulnerability to the coronavirus pandemic is weathering the worst of its COVID-19 crisis, local ...
Dec 15, 2020
JD Sports buys Shoe Palace for $325 million to expand U.S. footprint
(Reuters) - Britain's biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports said on Tuesday it had acquired U.S.-based shoe retailer Shoe Palace for $325 million. The company said the deal would expand its footprint ...
Dec 15, 2020
Putin congratulates Joe Biden on U.S. election victory - Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that ...
Dec 15, 2020
Britain needs EU to move for mutually beneficial trade deal, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will need to move in negotiations but it is in the interests of both Britain and the bloc to get a trade deal, British minister Steve Barclay said on Tuesday. "Th...
Dec 15, 2020
U-turn on travel subsidy adds to pressure on Japanese PM
By Sakura Murakami and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Even as coronavirus infections in Japan hit record highs and government support ratings slipped, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga defended a go...
Dec 15, 2020
Mahindra's Ssangyong misses $55 million loan repayment to Bank of America, others
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Automaker Mahindra & Mahindra's South Korean unit Ssangyong Motor Co has defaulted on loan repayment of about 60 billion won ($55 million), the Indian company said in a statement...
Dec 15, 2020
H&M fourth-quarter sales down 10% in local currencies
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Tuesday net sales fell 10% in local currencies in the fourth quarter with an accelerating slowdown towards the ...
Dec 15, 2020
Exclusive: Lessor BOC Aviation says AirAsia X restructuring favours Airbus, calls for debt-to-equity swap
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Lessor BOC Aviation Limited (BOCA) has asked a Malaysian court to dismiss AirAsia X Bhd's debt restructuring scheme as it rules out a debt-to-equity swap and gives ...
Dec 15, 2020
UK jobless rate rises again, redundancies hit new high
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's jobless rate rose again in the three months to October and the number of redundancies hit a record high as companies prepared for the end of the government's coronavirus jo...
Dec 15, 2020
