Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan policymakers step up calls for higher minimum wage to boost demand
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese policymakers are stepping up calls to raise the country's minimum wage as part of a strategy to ensure households can boost consumption and revitalise the ec...
Mar 24, 2021
GameStop tumbles as Reddit darling considers share sale
(Reuters) - Shares of Reddit-darling GameStop Corp fell more than 13% before the bell on Wednesday, a day after the videogame retailer said it may raise funds through a share sale. Wedbush analysts do...
Mar 24, 2021
Merkel's party 'in free fall', poll shows, as Greens gain
BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has slumped three percentage points in a week to its lowest in over a year, a poll released on Wednesday showed, with the...
Mar 24, 2021
Indian IPO fundraising at 13-year peak
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Sachin Ravikumar BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian fundraising via IPOs is at a 13-year high as a flood of foreign money and unprecedented interest from mom-and-pop investor...
Mar 24, 2021
What does UN human rights resolution mean for Sri Lanka?
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka's long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat ...
Mar 24, 2021
Fed's Bostic expects U.S. central bank to lift rates in 2023 - WSJ
(Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve president Raphael Bostic expects the U.S. central bank will be able to start lifting its interest rates in 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. In a...
Mar 24, 2021
Biden to mark 'Equal Pay Day' as women hit worse than men by pandemic
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host members of the U.S. Women's national soccer team at the White House on Wednesday as part of his push to secure better pay for...
Mar 24, 2021
Taiwan to ration water for 1 million households, tech hub unaffected
(Corrects to households, not people) TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will from next month ration water for more than one million households in the centre of the island because of a drought but the technolog...
Mar 24, 2021
Japanese restaurant chain sees shares tumble after short-lived Gamestop-style rally
By Hideyuki Sano and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japanese restaurant chain Global-Dining Inc slid on Wednesday following a Gamestop-style rally sparked by its lawsuit against a government ...
Mar 24, 2021
In Colorado, trauma from mass shootings lingers for generations
By Keith Coffman and Sharon Bernstein BOULDER (Reuters) - An 80-year old man, a pair of soldiers in military garb and a 20-year-old student were among the stream of people braving cold mountain winds ...
Mar 24, 2021
