Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU eyes softening key state aid demand in Brexit talks: sources
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to compromise to help break a deadlock in Brexit talks by softening its demand that Britain heed EU rules on state aid in the f...
Aug 03, 2020
Insurers face possible British action over calculation of pandemic payouts
LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers that do not treat customers fairly when calculating payouts for business interruption due to the coronavirus crisis will face action by Britain's markets watchdog. The Fina...
Aug 03, 2020
Televisa, Azteca to provide TV learning as Mexican schools stay shut
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican schools will not reopen when the academic year begins on August 24 in order to safeguard the health of students and teachers because cases of coronavirus are still too ...
Aug 03, 2020
Most optimistic Brazil GDP outlook in over a month: central bank survey
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The gloom surrounding Brazil's economy lifted for a fifth week in a row, a central bank survey of economists showed on Monday, with the average forecast for 2020 gross domestic pr...
Aug 03, 2020
Cycling: Start of Tour de France in Denmark moved to 2022
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's staging of the Tour de France's start, known as the 'Grand Depart', has been pushed back a year to 2022, Danish organisers said in a statement on Monday. The Danish or...
Aug 03, 2020
Location of TikTok headquarters is a matter for ByteDance: PM Johnson's spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - The location of TikTok owner ByteDance's headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, respondi...
Aug 03, 2020
MLB looks to shorter doubleheaders to ease scheduling chaos
By: Noah Trister The Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds were the first teams to try out baseball's new time-saving measure - a doubleheader with seven-inning games. They ended up having a long day any...
Aug 03, 2020
Earnings, Microsoft set to boost Wall St. as investors await stimulus
By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Monday as Microsoft's pursuit of TikTok's U.S. operations and a clutch of upbeat quarterly ear...
Aug 03, 2020
Flash floods kill two in Thailand, storm heads for Myanmar
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Flash floods killed at least two people and swept through hundreds of houses in northern Thailand, authorities said after tropical storm Sinlaku dumped heavy rains on 18 provinces ...
Aug 03, 2020
Long bond demand raises prospect of whole curve yielding below 1%
By Ross Kerber and Karen Pierog BOSTON/CHICAGO, August 3 (Reuters) - A decline in U.S. Treasury yields over recent weeks has investors eyeing the approach of an unusual phenomenon - the entire U.S. yi...
Aug 03, 2020
