Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: VW's executive committee to convene Tuesday to discuss CEO's future - sources
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group's executive committee is convening on Tuesday to discuss Chief Executive Herbert Diess's demand for a contract extension, three sources familiar with the matter to...
Nov 30, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court mulls Trump bid to exclude illegal immigrants from population count
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday are set to consider President Donald Trump's move to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to alloc...
Nov 30, 2020
Biden transition kicks into gear, as Trump acknowledges dwindling legal options
By Simon Lewis WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to unveil his picks for several top economic positions as early as Monday when he will also finally receive his first ...
Nov 30, 2020
Oil prices face uphill struggle in 2021 despite vaccine progress: Reuters poll
By Brijesh Patel (Reuters) - Oil prices will struggle to gain upward traction next year as demand remains in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic despite growing optimism over vaccines and a likely ex...
Nov 30, 2020
Threats, detentions and frozen assets: Nigeria's protesters depict pattern of intimidation
By Libby George and Paul Carsten LAGOS(Reuters) - At 7 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Onomene Adene received a call from a man whose voice she did not recognise. The man said he knew her from church and a...
Nov 30, 2020
Britain hands BAE Systems £2.4 billion munitions contract
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain handed a 2.4 billion pound ($3.20 billion)contract to BAE Systems, agreeing a new deal for the country's biggest defence company to keep supplying weapons and equipment to t...
Nov 30, 2020
Biden should clarify US position on digital tax within two months, France says
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union hopes Joseph Biden's incoming administration will clarify the U.S. position on digital taxation within two months of taking office, a French Finance Ministry sourc...
Nov 30, 2020
Ukrainian volunteers step in to battle oxygen shortage in hospitals
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) - Lesya Lytvynova's phone never stops ringing. With one hand she soothes her three-month-old baby, with the other she answers calls from...
Nov 30, 2020
Violence, floods in South Sudan's Warrap state displace thousands
By Denis Dumo WARRAP STATE, South Sudan (Reuters) - James Athian and his nine children have been living in a makeshift camp in South Sudan's Warrap state for two months since floods destroyed their ho...
Nov 30, 2020
Richemont's digital chief to take over as YNAP CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - Luxury group Richemont's digital chief, Geoffroy Lefebvre, will become chief executive of the group's online retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) in January, replacing the platform's fo...
Nov 30, 2020
