Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal pushes ahead with plans for state-owned development bank
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government approved on Thursday plans to create a state-owned development bank to channel funds into certain companies and sectors to bolster the economy. The plan comes ...
Jun 18, 2020
Trump to nominate lawyer Crenshaw to serve as Democratic SEC commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Caroline Crenshaw to fill a Democratic vacancy at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cren...
Jun 18, 2020
Robinhood says experiencing major trading outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading with millennials, said on Thursday it was experiencing a "major outage" in equities and options...
Jun 18, 2020
New York Governor Cuomo slams federal government for coronavirus response
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday slammed the federal government's handling of the coronavirus and called it an "undeniable mistake." Cuomo said the White House had operated since...
Jun 18, 2020
Startup led by ex-Goldman Sachs HR chief launches diversity and inclusion index
By Anna Irrera and Imani Moise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eskalera, a technology startup led by Goldman Sachs former human resources head Dane Holmes, has launched an index to measure corporate diversity an...
Jun 18, 2020
Nigeria's president rebukes security chiefs over worsening violence
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's president criticised his heads of security on Thursday for their handling of attacks across the north of the country and said more needs to be done to resolv...
Jun 18, 2020
Artists paint New York shops boarded up after looting to raise hope
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boarded-up shops, a depressing sight for New Yorkers after looters infiltrated anti-racism marches in the city's trendiest neighborhoods, are being transfo...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. gasoline demand recovery falters as refiners ramp up output
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A recovery in demand for gasoline in the United States, the world's largest market for the motor fuel, hit a plateau last week as coronavirus cases surged in so...
Jun 18, 2020
Diplomacy in the time of coronavirus: Johnson and Macron trade bows, thumbs up
LONDON (Reuters) - Standing apart on either side of a strip of red carpet outside Number 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron demonstrated the unusual r...
Jun 18, 2020
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay aims to hold police accountable through art
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is urging writers, dancers, poets and other artists to help make the names of abusive police officers as well known as their victims. Media...
Jun 18, 2020
