Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil to join OECD in a year, plans 'digital bank' IPO: economy minister
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil expects to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development club of rich nations within a year, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesda...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
Russian defence ministry rejects 'unacceptable' proposal to cut military staff
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it had rejected a string of "unacceptable" austerity measures proposed by the Finance Ministry that would cut some 100,000 troops. In a pro...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
Pandemic-stricken Lufthansa posts 1.26 billion euro third-quarter operating loss
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa reported a third-quarter operating loss of 1.26 billion euros ($1.49 billion) and warned of weak demand during the remainder of the year. The ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
British and U.S. financial regulators renew co-operation deal
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England and the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said they had signed a new agreement on Tuesday to cooperate on the supervision of cross-border cl...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
U.S. single-family homebuilding, permits surge to more than 13-year high
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding raced to a more than 13-year high in September, cementing the housing market's status as the star of the economic recovery amid...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
Mexico has recovered 320,000 jobs lost in pandemic, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has so far recovered 320,000 of the roughly 1 million formal jobs that it lost in the coronavirus pandemic, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday. Lopez ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
U.S. offers Brazil telecoms financing to buy 5G equipment from Huawei rivals
By Anthony Boadle and Andrea Shalal BRASILIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government stepped up an offensive on Tuesday to keep China's Huawei Technologies out of Brazil's 5G market, with Washingto...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
India's Modi says committed to COVID-19 vaccine for all citizens
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government was working rapidly to ensure the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to all citizens once they are available. In his addr...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
Russia to open defence ministry office in Serbia in push to deepen military ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has authorised its defence ministry to open an office in Serbia, a government document showed, as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally even ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
Italy's regions impose patchwork restrictions to tame COVID surge
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's southern Campania region said on Tuesday it planned to introduce a nighttime curfew from the weekend, while other areas started drawing up their own restricti...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2020
