Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ConocoPhillips resumes share buybacks, promises capital discipline
(Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it has resumed its share buyback program and pledged to keep spending flat even as oil prices climbed, the latest U.S. energy firm to embrace investor retu...
Mar 10, 2021
UK says Hong Kong electoral proposals are an attack on its rights and freedoms
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday that proposed changes to Hong Kong's electoral system would be another attack on the freedoms of its former colony, and that the government had raised its ...
Mar 10, 2021
Citigroup offers rapid at-home COVID-19 tests to some U.S. staff
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has offered rapid at-home COVID-19 testing to some employees that have continued to work at its U.S. branches and offices through the pandemic as they were unable perform the...
Mar 10, 2021
'Justice for Diego': Argentines to march seeking answers over Maradona's death
By Nicols Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentines will take to the streets on Wednesday to demand what they say is justice for Diego Maradona after the soccer icon's death in November sparked inv...
Mar 10, 2021
Russian central bank says return to 4% inflation target could be delayed until 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The proinflationary impact of aggregate demand on prices, increased logistics costs and several one-off factors, could delay a return of Russia's inflation to its 4% target until 20...
Mar 10, 2021
Antibiotics may have been overused in COVID-19 patients: U.S. study
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - A majority of COVID-19 patients that were admitted to U.S. hospitals during the first few months of the pandemic were prescribed antibiotics even before a bacterial infecti...
Mar 10, 2021
Analysis: Tightening conditions not yet frightening for Fed and co
By Marc Jones and Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - Rising Treasury yields, a dollar rebound and commodity prices at multi-year highs may be starting to feed into a tightening of global financial conditio...
Mar 10, 2021
Madrid's leader quits, triggering snap regional vote for early May
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid's conservative regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso has stepped down, triggering a snap election, her deputy Ignacio Aguado said on Wednesday, as a clash intensified between cen...
Mar 10, 2021
Opportunity from crisis: how investors are playing the post-pandemic property market
By Tom Arnold and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - With its striking facade, Palazzo delle Poste in the heart of Milan is one of the more elegant office spaces in Europe, hosting the likes of JPMo...
Mar 10, 2021
Bahrain police beat, threaten detained children with rape, rights groups say
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces have beaten children and threatened them with rape and electric shocks after detaining them in protest-related cases last month, the anniversary of a 2011 pr...
Mar 10, 2021
