Author Archives: Syndicated Content
McConnell vows orderly transition of power after U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said there would be an "orderly" transition following the Nov. 3 presidential election, one day after Trump declined to...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
Doping: CAS overturn life bans handed to three Russian biathletes
(Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday overturned life bans handed to Russian biathletes Olga Vilukhina, Yana Romanova and Olga Zaytseva, who were stripped of their medals fo...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
Wealthy Britons step up citizenship shopping to thwart Brexit
By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - The number of British entrepreneurs looking to "buy" citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has risen sharply, investment migrat...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
Fed's Rosengren says U.S. a long way from maximum employment and 2% inflation target
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy is far from maximum employment or 2% inflation, and interest rates will stay low for several years, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren said on Thursday. ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to announce more Iran sanctions on Thursday, top envoy says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will slap new sanctions on a number of Iranian officials and entities including a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari to death, U.S. Special Repr...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
Seadrill, Sapura latest firms targeted in Brazil's 'Car Wash' probe
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian and Dutch police executed dozens of search warrants on Wednesday as part of a corruption probe into offshore oil rig company Seadrill Ltd and Mala...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
New York sues Becton Dickinson unit over surgical mesh devices, consent judgment expected
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing Becton Dickinson and Co's CR Bard unit of concealing the risks of surgical mesh devices. A consent judgment is exp...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Court battles over how votes are tallied have now spread to almost every competitive state, as the effect of the pandemic has led the two sides to clash over seemingly mundane issues such ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
Exclusive: CVC mulls sale of Polish utility PKP Energetyka - sources
By Agnieszka Barteczko and Arno Schuetze WARSAW/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Buyout group CVC Capital Partners is starting preparations for a sale of its Polish utility PKP Energetyka in a deal potentially w...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
UK watchdog blasts banks over dirty money safeguards
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Not all of Britain's financial firms are convinced of the need to invest large sums to crack down on dirty money, leaving the quality of anti-money laundering controls ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 24, 2020
