Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yellen and Mexican finance minister discuss digital taxation
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Tuesday discussed with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen the need for an international agreement on taxing the digital economy, Me...
Feb 02, 2021
U.N. bid to avert oil spill off Yemen uncertain as Houthis mull 'review'
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi group has advised the United Nations to pause preparations to deploy a team to assess a decaying oil tanker threatening to spill 1.1 million bar...
Feb 02, 2021
Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering
(Reuters) - Albemarle Corp shares slipped 1.5% in extended trading on Tuesday after the world's largest producer of lithium launched a $1.3 billion share offering to fund its growth plans and pay down...
Feb 02, 2021
China should restore legal credentials to two human rights lawyers: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "deeply concerned" by China's attempts to disbar and harass Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu, human rights lawyers representing the Hong Kong 12, State Department s...
Feb 02, 2021
Brazil registers over 1,200 COVID-19 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,210 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday and 54,096 additional infections from the coronavirus, according to data released by the Health Ministry. In total, the co...
Feb 02, 2021
WHO director-general says COVID-19 vaccine nationalism harmful for all
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine nationalism is harmful for all, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, and said weak cooperation between nations is a major...
Feb 02, 2021
Low U.S. short-term rates likely a fixture in 2021 amid excess cash
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excess liquidity in the short-term U.S. lending market recently knocked overnight interest rates to almost zero, and risks pushing the federal funds ra...
Feb 02, 2021
EU chief faces grilling over shaky COVID-19 vaccine strategy
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers questioned chief executive Ursula von der Leyen for hours on Tuesday over the slow rollout and shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as she took responsi...
Feb 02, 2021
Britain calls for immediate release of Kremlin critic Navalny
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain called on Russia to immediately release Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 3-1/2 years in jail after a court ruled he had violated the terms of h...
Feb 02, 2021
Robinhood CEO calls for move to real-time settlement of trades
(Reuters) - It's time to consider real-time settlement in U.S. equities trading, Robinhood Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev said, just days after the online brokerage suffered immense financial stra...
Feb 02, 2021
