Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France's Le Maire: We must prepare for long and gradual economic recovery
b'b\'PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday that the world must prepare for a long and gradual economic recovery as the coronavirus has not fully disappeared.\\n"I ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
UK minister apologises for misnaming soccer star Rashford, citing Harry Potter confusion
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Health minister Matt Hancock apologised on Wednesday to England soccer player Marcus Rashford for getting his name wrong, suggesting that confusion with the star of the Harry P...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
EU puts up barricade plan for state-backed foreign buyers
b'b\'By Foo Yun Chee\\nBRUSSELS (Reuters) - State-backed foreign firms will have a harder time buying European Union companies under a proposal by the bloc\\\'s executive, which is pursuing more prote...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
UK's Supreme Court rules against Mastercard, Visa in retailers' fees battle
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Britain\\\'s highest court on Wednesday upheld an earlier Court of Appeal ruling that credit card companies Visa and Mastercard restricted competition in the way they set fees ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
UK says it aims to join Trans-Pacific free trading group
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom announced on Wednesday it would pursue accession to a revamped version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.\\n"Today we\\xe2\\x80\\x99re announcing our intent t...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
Germany's SPD want Scholz as chancellor candidate: report
b'b"BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany\'s Social Democrats (SPD) will ask Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to be their chancellor candidate in an election next year when conservative Angela Merkel\'s fourth and l...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
German cabinet approves record new borrowing in coronavirus fight
b'b\'By Michael Nienaber\\nBERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel\\\'s cabinet on Wednesday passed another extra budget to finance its bumper stimulus package, pushing up overall new borrowing to...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
Designers fashion a go-slow future for catwalks and collections
b'b\'By Silvia Aloisi and Melissa Fares\\nMILAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) - From Armani to Gucci, top fashion houses are re-designing their calendars to slow down the frantic pace of catwalk shows and new co...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
ABB to scrap chief digital officer role, Guido Jouret to leave company
b'b\'ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB Chief Digital Officer Guido Jouret is to leave the Swiss engineering company as part of new Chief Executive Bjorn Rosengren\\\'s plan to scale back its centralised operatio...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
God and money: Putin offers sweeteners to ease path to prolonging power
b'b\'By Tom Balmforth\\nMOSCOW (Reuters) - When Russians vote this month on whether to allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially stay in power until 2036, they will decide on a bundle of measures ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2020
