Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European shares slip on worries over U.S.-China relations; FTSE 100 shines
(Reuters) - European shares slipped on Monday as rising tension between the United States and China sapped some appetite for risky assets, while Britain-based exporters outperformed as uncertainty ove...
Dec 07, 2020
Capital One stops 'risky' buy-now-pay-later credit card transactions
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (CapOne) has barred customers using its credit cards to clear buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) debt as the transactions bear unacceptable risk, it t...
Dec 07, 2020
France unlikely to reach 5,000 daily COVID infections goal by December 15: scientist
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new COVID-19 infections per day in France is unlikely to fall to a 5,000 target by Dec. 15 as the population is not sufficiently respecting social distancing measures, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Gordon-Led Rally Falls Short for North Dakota in Bozeman
BOZEMAN, Mont. (UND Athletics)- Suffering a season-ending injury in the preseason last year, Juliet Gordon spent the past year rehabilitating an injury while cheering her team on from the sideline. 94...
Dec 07, 2020
COVID vaccine could be airlifted to UK if Brexit blocks ports: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be airlifted to Britain if ports are snarled up when the Brexit transition period ends delaying the import of medicines, a junior forei...
Dec 07, 2020
Russia reports 28,142 new coronavirus cases, 456 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia confirmed 28,142 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Monday, including 7,279 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 2,488,912 since the pandemic began. Authoritie...
Dec 07, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest eight over university protest as crackdown intensifies
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Eight people in Hong Kong have been arrested, including three on suspicion of violating a national security law, over a protest at a university last month, police said on Monday,...
Dec 07, 2020
China says firmly opposes U.S. interference in its domestic affairs
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it firmly opposes and strongly condemns U.S. interference in its domestic affairs if a media report that Washington is preparing new sanctions on Chinese offic...
Dec 07, 2020
Brexit crunch time as EU and UK still divided over trade deal
By Guy Faulconbridge and Gabriela Baczynska LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brexit hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant differenc...
Dec 07, 2020
Goldman Sachs' MENA CEO Younan to retire: memo
DUBAI (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' head of Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Wassim Younan, who built the U.S. bank's business in the region, is retiring after nearly three decades with the Wall Stre...
Dec 07, 2020
