Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Serbia, Albania secure ECB repo lines amid pandemic
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Albania and Serbia on Friday became the latest Balkan countries to secure credit lines from the European Central Bank to provide euro loans to banks in those countries via repurc...
Jul 17, 2020
Suspect arrested in murder of founder of Gokada ride-sharing app, New York Times reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, who founded the Nigerian ride-sharing app Gokada, was arrested on Friday in the murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur in his Manhattan...
Jul 17, 2020
Arise Sir Tom Moore: Queen Elizabeth knights 100-year-old fundraising captain
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth II knighted Captain Tom Moore on Friday, recognising the 100-year-old for lifting the spirits of the nation during the gloom of the novel coronavirus outbr...
Jul 17, 2020
Russia's R-Pharm signs deal to make UK-developed COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian drugmaker R-Pharm has signed a deal with AstraZeneca for it to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the British pharmaceuticals giant and Oxford University, it ...
Jul 17, 2020
EasyJet pilots say they have no confidence in COO in union vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Over 2,000 easyJet pilots voted to say they had no confidence in the airline's chief operating officer Peter Bellew, illustrating the strain on labour relations as the company tries...
Jul 17, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Fund managers navigate 'Night of the Living Dead' in small caps
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are searching for bargains in the world of U.S. small-caps, as the beaten-down asset class prepares for what may be the worst earnings season in its his...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. Iowa senators hope to include biofuels aid in next coronavirus relief package
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers from Iowa are trying to add aid for the biofuels industry into a pending coronavirus relief package in the Senate, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley sa...
Jul 17, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment ebbs in mid-July as COVID-19 infections surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell in the first half of July amid a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases across the country. The University of Michigan said on Friday its con...
Jul 17, 2020
Public debt, populism and protests as Tunisia faces crisis
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - The collapse of Tunisia's shortest-lived government since its 2011 revolution has plunged its young democracy into a new crisis after successive fai...
Jul 17, 2020
Fed opens 'Main Street' to non-profits, eases terms from original plan
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday opened its "Main Street" loan program to non-profits, allowing education, health, social service and other groups with as few as 10 employees to tap cent...
Jul 17, 2020
