Author Archives: Syndicated Content
London could lose out to New York under draft EU finance deal: document
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The City of London's finance industry would be worse off than rival New York under an early draft for a cooperation agreement in financial services between Britain and ...
Feb 26, 2021
Futures fall as tech stocks slide again
By Devik Jain and Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday as lofty tech stocks bled further amid elevated U.S. bond yields and prospects of a spike in inflation. Shares of...
Feb 26, 2021
Take Five: Policymakers under pressure
1/TANTRUMS WITHOUT TAPER What happened to keeping borrowing costs in check? All of a sudden, central banks are grappling with rising bond yields that could threaten recovery prospects. February is end...
Feb 26, 2021
COVID-19 prevalence in England falls further with one in 145 people infected
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England has fallen again, with 1 in 145 people infected in the week ending Feb 19, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. That i...
Feb 26, 2021
U.S. to buy at least 100,000 doses of Lilly's COVID-19 antibody therapy
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday the U.S. government has agreed to buy at least 100,000 doses of its newly authorized COVID-19 dual antibody cocktail for $210 million, with doses ...
Feb 26, 2021
G20 should not withdraw fiscal support too early: Germany's Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - The world's largest economies should continue their rescue and support measures for workers and companies in the COVID-19 pandemic as the recovery is taking longer than initially th...
Feb 26, 2021
U.N. human rights boss urges Saudi Arabia to allow free speech, assembly
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, in rare public comments on Saudi Arabia, said on Friday that people were unlawfully held in the kingdom and urged it to uphold f...
Feb 26, 2021
Hungary may have to tighten lockdown as COVID cases jump, PM says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary may have to tighten lockdown curbs as coronavirus infections are expected to rise "drastically" in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, as the d...
Feb 26, 2021
Bachelet urges U.S. To find alternatives to mass detention of migrants
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations rights boss Michelle Bachelet on Friday welcomed moves by the Biden administration to combat systemic racism and end the family separation policy for migrants, but ca...
Feb 26, 2021
U.N. rights chief decries violations in China's Xinjiang, hopes for visit
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that China is restricting basic civil and political freedoms in the name of national security and COVID-19 measure...
Feb 26, 2021
