Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Oil falls on surprise build in U.S. crude stocks, Trump threat to U.S. relief spending
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil fell in early trade on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude oil stocks rose last week, defying expectations for a decline, and U.S. President Donald...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Virus worries buoy dollar, pound swung by Brexit gyrations
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held gains against major peers in holiday-thinned trading on Wednesday as caution about a fast-spreading coronavirus variant in the UK stoked demand for ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Philippines bans all flights from Britain starting Dec. 24
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all flights from the United Kingdom, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as the European nation battles a more infectious COVID-19 stra...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Mexico records 12,511 new coronavirus cases, 897 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 12,511 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 897 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,338,426 c...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide raises $200 million from bus maker Yutong
BEIJING (Reuters) - WeRide, a Chinese startup developing autonomous vehicles, said on Wednesday it had raised $200 million from Yutong Group, the parent of bus maker Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co Ltd, and t...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
BOJ debated room for stimulus tweaks with eye on long battle with pandemic
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers kicked off discussions in October on ways to make their massive stimulus programme more sustainable, with one member calling for a tweak to...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Mexico data protection agency challenges taxpayer data reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican agency in charge of public information access and data protection on Tuesday said it would launch a Supreme Court challenge against recent changes to the fiscal cod...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 318,569 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 17,974,303 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 183,927 cases from its previous count, and said the number...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
Trump says he wants Congress to amend COVID-19 relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants Congress to amend the coronavirus relief bill to raise the amount of stimulus checks and eliminate wasteful spending, among other...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
South Korea reports 1,092 new coronavirus cases - KDCA
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 1,092 new coronavirus cases as of Tuesday midnight, the second highest since the start of the pandemic, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on W...
Thomson Reuters Dec 22, 2020
