Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BlackRock says focused critical climate votes at energy companies
BOSTON (Reuters) - Top asset manager BlackRock Inc said it voted against management at 53 companies worldwide for "lack of progress" on climate concerns during the 2020 proxy season, most of which wer...
Jul 14, 2020
China books record U.S. corn purchase, also buys soybeans
CHICAGO (Reuters) - China booked its biggest single-day U.S. corn purchase on record on Tuesday, its second massive deal for the yellow grain in less than a week, as it tries to meet its trade deal co...
Jul 14, 2020
Pound slips below $1.25 on disappointing growth data
By Maiya Keidan LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling fell below $1.25 on Tuesday for the first time in a week and reached a 14-day low against the euro after data showed Britain's economy was recovering more s...
Jul 14, 2020
Cinemaxx-owner expects to be profitable in 2020 despite coronavirus
By Alexander Hbner and Klaus Lauer BERLIN (Reuters) - The owner of German cinema chain Cinemaxx still expects to be profitable this year despite closures due to the coronavirus pandemic and strict soc...
Jul 14, 2020
German court bans Tesla ads claiming its cars are capable of autonomous driving
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Tesla Germany is banned from repeating misleading claims in advertising about the capabilities of its driver assistance systems, including that its vehicles were capable of auton...
Jul 14, 2020
UK government will look at Leicester lockdown on Thursday, says health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday the government would assess whether lockdown measures in the English city of Leicester could be eased on Thursday, but warned th...
Jul 14, 2020
EU to remove Serbia, Montenegro from coronavirus safe list, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to remove Serbia and Montenegro from its safe list of countries from which non-essential travel is allowed, while including the United States was not eve...
Jul 14, 2020
Swiss National Bank says expansive policy 'more necessary than ever'
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank is unlikely to change course from its ultra-loose monetary policy as the novel coronavirus pandemic increases appreciation pressure on the safe-haven Swiss f...
Jul 14, 2020
In New York's Harlem, small businesses reel from coronavirus toll on Black communities
By Imani Moise and Anna Irrera NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sylvia's, a soul food restaurant on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, New York, saw a welcome bump in donations and revenue from new customers in early...
Jul 14, 2020
Nigeria's NNPC fired 850 workers, many from refineries, oil union says
ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fired 850 workers, many of them from refineries, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, an oil union said on Tuesday. The workers are...
Jul 14, 2020
