Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK 'sleep-walking' into personal debt crisis, warns charity
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is 'sleep-walking' into a personal debt crisis with the number of people in severe problem debt topping a million due to the coronavirus pandemic, charity St...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
UK tries to reassure business leaders over Brexit with new task force
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will attempt to reassure nervous business leaders that it appreciates the need for clarity on rules outside of the European Union by setting up a task fo...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Hong Kong opposition lawmakers expected to formally tender resignations in protest over oustings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of the moderate pro-democracy voices in the Chinese-ruled finance hub, are expected to formerly tender their resignation o...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Sony PS5 sold out online as pandemic chills real-world retailing
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's PlayStation 5 (PS5) console launched in core markets on Thursday to intense interest online, but with first day real-world sales limited to pre-order pick-u...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Mexico reports 7,646 more coronavirus cases, 588 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported on Wednesday 7,646 more coronavirus cases and 588 more deaths, bringing the official toll to 986,177 cases and 96,430 deaths. Health officials...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Lakers to start 2020-21 season without fans in stands
First the Los Angeles Lakers were forced to skip a championship parade and now they are asking their fans to wait even longer for an up-close-and-personal gathering. The defending NBA champions announ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
UK PM's top adviser Dominic Cummings staying on for now: BBC
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser Dominic Cummings is not leaving for now, despite the departure of a close colleague, BBC reported on Thursday. "Dominic Cummings is NOT f...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Dollar holds gains as investors adjust vaccine expectations
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar held broad gains on Thursday as investors adjusted some of their bullish expectations about a COVID-19 vaccine, tempering a recent rally in risk assets b...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
Biden taps longtime aide Ron Klain, who led Ebola fight, as chief of staff
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden appointed top Democratic official Ron Klain as his chief of staff and assistant to the president on Wednesday. Klain is one of Biden's cl...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
YouTube outage affects 286,000 users, says fixing error on platform
(Reuters) - YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google , said late on Wednesday it was fixing an error, which outage monitoring website Downdetector.com said affected about 286,000 users. "Our team is aw...
Thomson Reuters Nov 11, 2020
