Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AmEx profit tumbles 85% as pandemic-related defaults loom
(Reuters) - Credit card issuer American Express Co reported a 85% slump in quarterly profit on Friday after it set aside nearly $628 million to prepare for a flood of potential defaults caused by coro...
Jul 24, 2020
U.S. insurers explore officer coverage as police reform debate rages
By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott (Reuters) - U.S. insurers and brokers are starting to craft professional liability coverage for police officers, spurred on by signs that policymakers in some cities ...
Jul 24, 2020
With a year to go, support slides for pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics
By Jack Tarrant and Akira Tomoshige TOKYO (Reuters) - Several dozen protesters in masks gathered in front of Japan's National Stadium on Friday, the day the Olympic Games should have begun, to protest...
Jul 24, 2020
U.S. healthcare stocks flat ahead of Trump's drug pricing executive orders
(Reuters) - U.S. healthcare shares were largely unchanged before the opening bell on Friday, ahead of executive orders by U.S. President Donald Trump aimed at lowering drug prices. With a re-election ...
Jul 24, 2020
Global trade hit by restrictions during COVID-19 crisis: WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Global trade has been hit by new and accumulated import restrictions just as economies need to rebuild in the COVID-19 crisis, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a mid-year ...
Jul 24, 2020
Factbox: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's testimony in 'wife beater' libel trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Johnny Depp is suing the publisher of Britain's Sun newspaper and its executive editor Dan Wootton for libel over an article that described the movie star as a "wife beater". The Su...
Jul 24, 2020
Dutch bank ABN Amro to examine own history in light of racism debate
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN Amro on Friday said it had commissioned a study into its past in light of the current global debate about systemic racism and the inequality faced by Black people....
Jul 24, 2020
South Korea to train hundreds of doctors to battle future epidemics
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will add 4,000 medical students over the next 10 years to swell the number of its doctors and strengthen the response to future public health crises, govern...
Jul 24, 2020
U.N. rights office urges U.S. to rein in police at protests
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in U.S. cities including Portland or detain them unlawful...
Jul 24, 2020
Russia to resume international flights from August 1: Ifax cites PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to resume international flights from some airports on Aug. 1, the Interfax news agency cited Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin as saying on Friday. Flights will ...
Jul 24, 2020
