Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. household wealth fell 5.6% in first quarter 2020 as coronavirus hit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. household wealth fell 5.6% to $110.8 trillion in the first quarter of this year as U.S. stock markets were hammered by the escalating novel coronavirus epidemic, which has ...
Jun 11, 2020
EU sees path to Brexit compromise if UK more realistic, adviser says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Union sees a path towards a compromise on a trade deal with Britain but London must first be more realistic in what it expects to achieve, an adviser to the EU's chief ...
Jun 11, 2020
UK grocer Morrisons' pay policy opposed by 35% of AGM votes
LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket group Morrisons said it would engage with investors over its remuneration policy after it was opposed by more than one third of votes cast at its annual sharehol...
Jun 11, 2020
Exclusive: Exxon set to revive North Sea sale after months of delays - sources
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil is preparing to restart the sale of its British North Sea assets after weaker oil prices and the coronavirus outbreak led to months of ...
Jun 11, 2020
Italians embrace coronavirus tracing app as privacy fears ease
By Angelo Amante and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) - Italy, the first major European country to roll out a smartphone app to trace COVID-19 infections that does not rely on a centralized database, has...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. Senate panel approves subpoena authority in Trump-Russia probe
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved sweeping subpoena power on Thursday for a politically charged congressional probe of an FBI investigation into Repu...
Jun 11, 2020
Brazil research institute in deal to help test, produce Chinese coronavirus vaccine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Butantan Institute, one of Brazil's leading biomedical research centers, on Thursday announced an agreement with China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd to potentially produce a vaccine ...
Jun 11, 2020
'Sold!' Auctioneers race to unload oil equipment as U.S. drilling dries up
By Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fast-talking auctioneer Greg Highsmith sung out dozens of prices - "seventy-five-hundred now, $10,000 now, be able to get 15,000?" - before a North Dakotan...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. looking at various responses to China's law on Hong Kong: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is looking at various responses to China's national security law on Hong Kong through the president's working group on capital markets, U.S. Treasury Se...
Jun 11, 2020
France's 5G spectrum auction planned for end September: watchdog
PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to hold its much-awaited 5G spectrum auction at the end of September after a delay due to the coronavirus outbreak, the country's telecoms watchdog Arcep said on Thursda...
Jun 11, 2020
