Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK watchdog jettisons interest rate and fees reform due to COVID
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog has ditched plans to increase competition in the investment platform market and for a single interest rate on cash savings, saying it wants...
Nov 13, 2020
Biden coronavirus advisers nix national U.S. lockdown
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of Democratic U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board said on Friday there was no plan to shut the country down and that the new adm...
Nov 13, 2020
Turkey fines Google $26 million for abusing market position: competition board
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish Competition Board has fined Google 196.7 million lira ($26 million) after ruling it was abusing its market dominance, a statement by the board said on Friday. The comp...
Nov 13, 2020
Iran blames U.S. sanctions for vaccine payment problems
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions are preventing Iran from making advance payment to the global COVAX facility set up to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries, the Iranian government said as th...
Nov 13, 2020
Ford CEO says automaker weighing making own batteries for EVs
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is considering making its own batteries as sales volumes of electric vehicles rise around the world, the automaker's top executive said on Friday. "We are discussing (battery...
Nov 13, 2020
Liverpool's Salah tests positive for coronavirus, says Egyptian FA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has tested positive for the coronavirus on the eve of Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo, the Egyptian Football Association said on ...
Nov 13, 2020
Browns close facility due to positive player test
A positive test result from a player led the Cleveland Browns to close the team facility in Berea, Ohio, on Friday. "Earlier this morning, we were informed that a player's test results have come back ...
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. should back words with actions if rejoins climate pact: Indian minister
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States should quickly back its words with actions if, as expected, it rejoins the Paris accord on combating global warming, India's environment minister ...
Nov 13, 2020
Canadians have to tamp down COVID-19 to save Christmas, PM Trudeau says
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians have time to tamp down the surging second wave of COVID-19 by Christmas if they act now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, as some provinces i...
Nov 13, 2020
Corpses and burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russian troops deploy
SHUSHA, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Corpses of ethnic Armenian soldiers lined stretches of a mountain road in Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday as Russian peacekeepers in trucks and armoured personnel carriers mo...
Nov 13, 2020
