Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dollar hits new one-year high to yen on U.S. pandemic recovery optimism
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar rose to a fresh one-year high versus the yen and traded near multi-month peaks with other rivals on Wednesday as investors bet that massive fiscal stimul...
Mar 30, 2021
British racism commission calls for shift from unconscious bias training: FT
(Reuters) - A commission of inquiry into racism in Britain will recommend unconscious bias training be dropped in favour of more "evidence-based approaches" to fight inequality in workplaces, the Fina...
Mar 30, 2021
Markets in first-quarter: Riding a tiger and waking some bears
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A new U.S. president with $1.9 trillion to spend, amateur traders taking on seasoned hedge funds, hot oil, digital art selling for tens of millions of dollars and griz...
Mar 30, 2021
Defense contractor interviewed for key U.S. Commerce post: source
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - James Mulvenon, a defense contractor who helped land Chinese semiconductor giant SMIC on a U.S. blacklist last year, has been interviewed for a key position at the U.S. D...
Mar 30, 2021
Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy dies -Washington Post
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - G. Gordon Liddy, a brash former FBI agent who helped orchestrate the 1972 Watergate break-in, a crime that began the unraveling of Richard Nixon's presidency, died on Tuesday...
Mar 30, 2021
Biden expected to end Trump ban on temporary foreign workers
By Ted Hesson and Steve Holland (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to allow a proclamation from his Republican predecessor that had blocked many temporary foreign workers from coming int...
Mar 30, 2021
China and Brazil have world's greenest central banks, activists say
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - China has the world's greenest central bank, followed by Brazil, both beating richer countries thanks to concrete steps such as lower interest rates on loans for pollution-fighti...
Mar 30, 2021
Japan factory output falls in Feb in worrying sign for recovery
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output fell in February due to declines in the production of cars and electrical machinery, in a worrying sign for an economy struggling to reco...
Mar 30, 2021
Biden's job and infrastructure plan will fund projects over 8 years -sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will roll out a roughly $2 trillion job and infrastructure spending plan on Wednesday that will fund road and bridge projects alongside job initiatives ov...
Mar 30, 2021
Utah Jazz flight returns to airport after bird strike
(Reuters) - A charter flight carrying the Utah Jazz to Memphis on Tuesday was forced to return to Salt Lake City airport after an engine was damaged when the plane struck a flock of birds shortly afte...
Mar 30, 2021
