Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU can move on Brexit, but needs UK to budge, EU trade chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to move in negotiations on future EU-UK relations, but Britain must make a bigger effort to do the same in talks next week, the EU trade chief said o...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
U.S. retail traffic jumped over Memorial Day weekend: cellphone data
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the photos from beach and lake resorts made clear, many Americans dropped their guard over a temperate Memorial Day weekend, set aside coronavirus fears, ...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
U.N. chief calls for more debt relief, urges IMF to mull SDR allocation
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on Thursday for debt relief to be offered to all developing and middle-income countries amid the coronavirus pandemic ...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
If Trump kicks out Twitter, there's always Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - If U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with his threat to close Twitter , the micro-blogging site can always relocate to Germany. After Trump threatened to shut down Twitter for ...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
AstraZeneca says it may consider exposing vaccine trial participants to virus
By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) - The chief executive of AstraZeneca, which is developing a leading coronavirus vaccine with Oxford University, said it is too early to deliberately expose trial participant...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
Citigroup looks to reopen NY headquarters to some staff in July: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc looks to reopen its New York headquarters to a small number of employees as soon as July, with workers returning to London offices even earlier, Chief Executive Officer Micha...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
White House to skip expected mid-year economic projections: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will not release updated economic projections this summer, including federal deficit projections, in a break from long-standing practice, the Washington Post rep...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
Government surveillance bill withdrawn in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is dropping consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools, the chamber's number two Democrat said on Thursday, ...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
UK still a long way from agreeing EU trade deal, negotiator says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is quite a long way from agreeing a free trade deal with the European Union and will at some point have to prioritise its preparation for leaving the bloc without a deal, it...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
ViacomCBS appoints insider Jonathan Karp as publishing unit's CEO
(Reuters) - ViacomCBS said on Thursday it promoted insider Jonathan Karp as president and chief executive officer of its publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, effective immediately. Karp, who joined the ...
Thomson Reuters May 28, 2020
