Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Robinhood restricts buying of fractional shares in GameStop, other hot stocks
(Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood said on Friday it was not allowing purchases of parts of shares in GameStop and other stocks, a practice that has encouraged smaller investors by reducing the si...
Jan 29, 2021
Oil set for slow recovery as vaccines rolled out: Reuters poll
By K. Sathya Narayanan and Bharat Gautam (Reuters) - Oil prices will hover around current levels for much of the year before a recovery gains traction into end-2021 as vaccines help demand gradually e...
Jan 29, 2021
U.S. COVID vaccine hopeful using Gates Foundation cash to prepare for human trial
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Scientists who normally focus on fixing defective genes said on Friday that up to $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help them move their COVI...
Jan 29, 2021
UK offers to work with allies to combat "unfair behaviour" by China-backed firms
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will offer to work with the European Union, Japan and America to clamp down on what it calls unfair behaviour by Chinese state-owned enterprises, its trade ...
Jan 29, 2021
Take Five: Long the Short
1/THE BIG SQUEEZE In just a week, the 'Reddit crowd' trade which squeezed out seasoned hedge funds from GameStop has gone global. Herding on the other side of bearish bets proved so profitable in Game...
Jan 29, 2021
Personal data stolen from Dutch coronavirus track-and-trace programme
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Personal information of a large number of people who participated in the Netherlands' coronavirus track-and-trace programme has been leaked, the Dutch health aut...
Jan 29, 2021
For locked-down Parisians, taxis are a ticket to freedom
By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - Boris Czajka, a 32-year-old driver with a Paris ride-hailing service, now has a new category of clients because of the COVID-19 pandemic: people who use taxis as a ...
Jan 29, 2021
Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as COVID surge threatens health service 'collapse'
By Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian doctors are demanding a nationwide lockdown and threatening to stop taking in new patients as a surge in COVID-19 cases, which they say is killing an ave...
Jan 29, 2021
EU agrees 'dark red' COVID-19 zones with stricter travel limits
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hotspots of COVID-19 infection in the European Union will be labelled "dark red" zones to discourage all but essential travel, EU governments agreed on Friday. The EU has already ...
Jan 29, 2021
Global funds raise equity allocations to 11-month high
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) - Global funds recommended increasing equity allocations to the highest in a year, saying stock prices were likely to rise or stay around current levels in the nex...
Jan 29, 2021
