Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Twitter shares stumble after high-profile, unprecedented hack
(Reuters) - Shares of Twitter Inc dropped more than 4% in pre-market trading on Thursday, a day after hackers gained access to the social media company's internal systems to hijack accounts of several...
Jul 16, 2020
Global debt hits record high of 331% of GDP in first quarter: IIF
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global debt surged to a record $258 trillion in the first quarter of 2020 as economies around the world shut down to contain the coronavirus pandemic, and debt ...
Jul 16, 2020
UK says Russia tried to meddle in election by leaking U.S. trade documents on social media
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free trade agreement with the ...
Jul 16, 2020
EU regulators to probe Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators are seeking information from 400 companies to establish if there are problems in the market for voice assistants such as Alexa and Siri a...
Jul 16, 2020
ECB keeps ultra-easy policy on hold
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank left policy unchanged on Thursday, pausing after taking a series of unprecedented measures over the past four months to salvage an economy that is fight...
Jul 16, 2020
Actor Johnny Depp was punched by ex-wife Heard, UK court told
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Amber Heard punched her ex-husband and Hollywood star Johnny Depp during one of their heated arguments, striking him to protect her sister, London's High C...
Jul 16, 2020
Greek central bank mulls 'bad bank' to clean up sour loans
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's central bank is looking at the creation of a "bad bank" to deal with sour loans weighing down its banking sector, and which are likely to rise from the COVID-19 fallout, it...
Jul 16, 2020
Amazon India demands product listings have country of origin by August 10
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's India unit has told sellers they must provide country of origin information on product listings by August 10, according to an email sent by ...
Jul 16, 2020
British Gymnastics steps aside from review into abuse allegations
(Reuters) - British Gymnastics will "step aside" to allow UK Sport and Sport England to co-commission the independent review into allegations of abuse and bullying in the sport, the governing body sai...
Jul 16, 2020
Putin backs Russia's budget rule and inflation targeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia should maintain its responsible fiscal policy, including the budget rule and inflation targeting, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a federal budget meeting. "Goin...
Jul 16, 2020
