Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Investors raise cash as U.S. recovery wobbles; options strategists profit
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are preparing their portfolios for a potentially rocky patch in U.S. stocks, worried that a dramatic rebound in equities may stall amid dimming economic ...
Jul 31, 2020
Greece extends mask-wearing requirement as coronavirus infections flare up
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will make mask-wearing compulsory in all indoor public spaces and also in outdoor spaces where proper social distancing cannot be observed, its deputy civil protection minist...
Jul 31, 2020
In Portland, some Black activists frustrated with white protesters
By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND (Reuters) - A small group of Black teenage girls carrying megaphones stood in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland near midnight on Thursday facing a largely ...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. set to unveil crackdown on China's ByteDance over TikTok: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to take action against China's ByteDance over concerns that its ownership of TikTok jeopardizes the security of the personal data that the popular s...
Jul 31, 2020
Italy calls new meeting on August 5 to sign settlement deal with Autostrade
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's government said on Friday it had scheduled a new meeting with infrastructure group Atlantia's tollroad unit for Aug. 5 to sign a comprehensive accord to settle a two-year lon...
Jul 31, 2020
Molinari, Harrington, Waring withdraw from PGA Championship
Francesco Molinari, Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington and Paul Waring have withdrawn from the PGA Championship next week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. The PGA Championship is the first majo...
Jul 31, 2020
Google says 20 U.S. states 'exploring' contact tracing apps
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that 20 U.S. states and territories, representing about 45% of the country's population, are "exploring" contact tracing...
Jul 31, 2020
Belarus promises Russia a meeting with detained alleged mercenaries on Friday: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus promised Russian diplomats to set up a meeting with the detained Russian citizens, who Minsk said were a group of Russian mercenaries, by the end of the day on Friday, Tass ...
Jul 31, 2020
Exclusive: Payments firm Paya nears $1.3 billion deal to go public - sources
By David French, Krystal Hu and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Paya Inc is nearing a deal to merge with blank-check acquisition company FinTech Acquisition Corp III which could value the U.S. payments so...
Jul 31, 2020
Ireland reports 38 new COVID-19 cases, down from sudden spike
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported 38 new COVID-19 cases on Friday after recording its highest daily total in two months a day earlier when the average of around 20 cases per day during the past two ...
Jul 31, 2020
