Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Goldman Sachs creates Hong Kong SPAC team for Asia deal surge
By Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has set up a team of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) bankers in Hong Kong to focus on a rush of these blank cheque deals eme...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Myanmar courts extend detention of AP journalist, five others
(Reuters) - A court in Myanmar extended custody on Friday for five journalists, including one from U.S. news agency the Associated Press, who were arrested while covering anti-junta protests in the bi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Texas Attorney General sues Austin officials over not lifting mask mandate
(Reuters) - The Attorney General for Texas is suing officials in Austin after they refused to enforce an order that ended a statewide mask mandate, he said on Thursday. Texas announced the lifting of ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Analysis: Argentina's basement bonds no bargain as IMF talks drag, drought dents soy
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's bonds have slid to basement lows in recent weeks, but analysts and investors warn that they're still no bargain, given stalled talks with the IMF, ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Column: The corporate Taxman cometh
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Global investors are obsessing about borrowing costs, discount rates and inflation risks as the world emerges from the shocking pandemic - but they are also starting t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Kenyan gospel and Nigerian Hausa songs win streaming service Mdundo new users
By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music an...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Euro zone January industrial output far stronger than expected
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone industrial output was much stronger than expected in January and was revised sharply upwards in December too, the European Union's statistics office said on Friday, poin...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Malaysia defends coronavirus fake news law amid outcry
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's government on Friday defended a new law aimed at tackling rampant fake news related to COVID-19 and an ongoing state of emergency, as critics warn...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak at Hong Kong gym sends shivers through expat community
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong recorded 60 coronavirus cases on Friday, the city's government said, as it scrambled to contain transmissions mainly amongst its expatriate community after a cluster at...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Euro zone economy won't turn corner before autumn: ECB's Vasiliauskas
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Struggling under the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the euro zone economy will need at least until the autumn to turn a corner, outgoing Lithuanian central bank chief Vitas V...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
