Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Shares of gun makers gain as Biden's lead grows
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of gun makers have been gaining ground as Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads polls, and if he wins the presidential election in November there are expectations o...
Oct 16, 2020
ECB's Villeroy says mistake to set end date now for pandemic response
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should refrain from setting an end date to its monetary stimulus package launched this year in reaction to the coronavirus crisis, ECB policymaker Francois ...
Oct 16, 2020
Explainer: Lithium, Morales and cocaine - What's at stake as Bolivia votes?
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - As Bolivia readies to vote in a defining election, a number of key issues are on the table, including the country's huge lithium deposits, the role of unseated ex-le...
Oct 16, 2020
Wall Street bank trading boom does little to assuage concerns about lending
By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Wall Street banks reported quarterly results this week, investors wondered about the staying power of the trading bonanza that has floated profits, offsetting ...
Oct 16, 2020
China's central bank unveils changes to laws for commercial banks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank issued on Friday a draft of revisions to laws for commercial banks, improving the mechanisms of risk disposal and market exit for lenders, it said, and set a N...
Oct 16, 2020
Special Report: Why 4,998 died in U.S. jails without getting their day in court
By Peter Eisler, Linda So, Jason Szep, Grant Smith and Ned Parker CANTON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Harvey Hill wouldn't leave John Finnegan's front yard. He stood in the pouring rain, laughing at the s...
Oct 16, 2020
Europe telecoms lobby group 'denounces' bans on Chinese vendors
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A business group representing challenger telecoms operators in Europe warned on Friday against banning Chinese equipment vendors, saying that doing so for politic...
Oct 16, 2020
WHO defends data after concluding Gilead's remdesivir flopped COVID trial
ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization (WHO) trial that concluded Gilead Sciences Inc.'s remdesivir did not significantly help COVID-19 patients is reliable, a scientist who evaluated t...
Oct 16, 2020
Wall Street futures perk up on vaccine hopes as stimulus stand-off weighs
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as Pfizer said it could apply for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate as early as November, shaking off worries over a st...
Oct 16, 2020
Christmas in danger as Santa's Lapland home feels pandemic chill
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) - Christmas is coming, but in Santa's home village in northern Finland, the COVID pandemic means that the flocks of tourists who usually start to make merry in Rovaniemi a...
Oct 16, 2020
