Author Archives: Syndicated Content
North Carolina to expand absentee voting access in 2020 elections
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Carolina's legislature on Thursday passed a bipartisan election reform law to expand absentee voting and make in-person voting safer amid rising concern ove...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. regulator to report on climate risks to markets in July
By Ann Saphir SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A report commissioned by a U.S. regulator on climate-related risks to financial markets, the first of its kind, will be ready next month and will include specif...
Jun 11, 2020
Floyd death spurs action in Minn. sports for societal change
By: Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS - Eric Kendricks woke up distressed shortly after George Floyd was killed just a few miles from the stadium where the Minnesota Vikings play. Kendricks, the All-Pro insid...
Jun 11, 2020
Canadian cryptocurrency firm collapsed due to Ponzi scheme by late founder, regulator says
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform Quadriga CX collapsed due to a Ponzi scheme operated by founder Gerald Cotten, who died suddenly in December 2018, the country's biggest se...
Jun 11, 2020
Are you an anarchist? Lawyers say New York police grilled protesters' politics
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Are you with anarchist groups?" was one typical question. "Are you in antifa?" was another. A group of lawyers say New York City police and federal agents may h...
Jun 11, 2020
Twitter suspends Chinese operation pushing pro-Beijing coronavirus messages
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter on Thursday said it was removing hundreds of thousands of accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorab...
Jun 11, 2020
New York Fed tweaks repo operations as market functioning improves
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The New York Federal Reserve is slightly raising the price of its operations in the market for repurchase agreements, or repo, after seeing "substantial improvements" in ...
Jun 11, 2020
Minneapolis police officers condemn officer charged in George Floyd's death
(Reuters) - More than a dozen Minneapolis police officers on Thursday condemned the former policeman charged with killing George Floyd in an open letter and said they were prepared to embrace "change,...
Jun 11, 2020
LATAM Airlines bondholders in talks to supply up to $1.5 billion loan, sources say
By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A group of bondholders of LATAM Airlines Group SA are in talks to supply up to $1.5 billion in a debtor-in-possession loan within the Chapter 11 proceeding in ...
Jun 11, 2020
U.S. is 'trouble maker' in China-Canada relationship, Chinese envoy to Canada says
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant 18 months ago to create friction between ...
Jun 11, 2020
