Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Apple and Tesla split their shares, but does it matter?
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc and Tesla Inc will be less costly on Monday as pre-announced stock splits take effect, in theory making them more accessible to retail investor...
Aug 28, 2020
What the conventions reveal for Biden, Trump in final stretch to November
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The back-to-back presidential nominating conventions that concluded with Donald Trump's speech on Thursday showed both sides intend to fight for the sliver of ...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump to campaign in New Hampshire after convention speech at White House
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination with a sweeping attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump travels to New Hampshire on Friday to b...
Aug 28, 2020
Powell's white-collar world led to Fed pivot for blue-collar jobs
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Raised in a white-collar Washington suburb, a product of prep schools, elite colleges and the 1% world of private equity, Jerome Powell is an unlikely candidate to tilt...
Aug 28, 2020
Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago
OSLO (Reuters) - A man was killed by a polar bear in the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard islands early on Friday, local authorities said, the first such deadly incident in nine years. The man, a foreign nat...
Aug 28, 2020
West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African leaders seeking a return to democracy in Mali will on Friday demand that the military junta that ousted the president in a coup last week appoint a civilian head of gov...
Aug 28, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says destroys Houthi drone: Saudi Press Agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it intercepted and destroyed on Friday an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Sau...
Aug 28, 2020
Amsterdam ends 'experiment' with mandatory face masks
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The city of Amsterdam said on Friday it was ending an experiment with mandating the use of face masks in crowded public spaces as a way to slow the spread of coronavirus, as the ...
Aug 28, 2020
Nobel laureate author emerges as powerful voice backing Belarus protests
By Andrei Makhovsky and Matthias Williams MINSK/KYIV (Reuters) - Wielding a bunch of flowers and surrounded by clapping supporters, Belarus's most celebrated writer has lent a powerful voice to the op...
Aug 28, 2020
Kremlin regrets Japan PM Abe's decision to step down
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin regrets that Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to step down, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, describing the working relations between Abe and Preside...
Aug 28, 2020
