Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Jun 17, 2020
UK now has 240,000 doses of dexamethasone in stock or on order - health minister
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has increased the amount of dexamethasone it has in stock and on order to 240,000 doses, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, after a preliminary trial resul...
Jun 17, 2020
China to step up monetary easing to support the economy: cabinet
b'b\'BEIJING (Reuters) - China will step up monetary policy easing and keep liquidity "reasonably ample", the state cabinet said in a meeting chaired by premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday, as it looks to...
Jun 17, 2020
Chembio shares slump as FDA revokes emergency use of COVID-19 test
b'b\'(Reuters) - Shares of Chembio Diagnostics Inc slumped more than 60% on Wednesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 antibod...
Jun 17, 2020
