Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New York-area banks, insurers and funds step up coronavirus preparation
By Suzanne Barlyn and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial firms in New York City were testing remote-work capabilities, implementing new travel restrictions and canceling or modifying u...
Mar 04, 2020
Syrian air defenses intercept 'hostile targets' over Homs: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses have intercepted "hostile targets" over the Syrian city of Homs, state media said early on Thursday. No further details were immediately available. (Reporting by ...
Mar 04, 2020
U.S. senator's trade advice to EU: Keep calm and put agriculture on the table
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture, U.S...
Mar 04, 2020
Fed's Bullard: Not much more data coming to warrant rate cut at March meeting
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will not have much additional information in hand at its March 17-18 meeting to justify an additional interest rate cut beyond the 0.5 percentage point e...
Mar 04, 2020
U.S. Labor Department postpones planned changes to data 'lockups' indefinitely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Labor Department's statistical arm said on Wednesday the agency was postponing indefinitely plans to require news agencies to remove computers from a room i...
Mar 04, 2020
RBC to cut Canada prime rate to 3.45%, with rivals expected to follow
By Nichola Saminather and Bharath ManjeshR (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada said on Wednesday it would cut its prime rate to 3.45% from 3.95% in its first reduction since July 2015, with the country's...
Mar 04, 2020
Investors push for Libor floors as benchmark falls amid virus fears
By Kristen Haunss NEW YORK (LPC) - US leveraged loan investors are pushing to set a minimum return for lending to some of the world's most well-known companies as rates fall amid global market volatil...
Mar 04, 2020
Stranded in southern Mexico, migrants struggle to make U.S. court dates
By Lizbeth Diaz, Julia Love and Kristina Cooke MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - By the time the first hearing in Yesenia's case for asylum in the United States arrived last month, she was 1,300 miles from the ...
Mar 04, 2020
Passive smoking tied to adolescent depression symptoms
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) - Regular exposure to secondhand smoke is more common among nonsmoking teens with depression symptoms, according to a survey across 22 low- and middle-income countri...
Mar 04, 2020
$400 for Purell? U.S. lawmaker urges Amazon to tamp down price gouging
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc should stop third-party sellers from price gouging for items like Purell hand sanitizer as people seek to protect themselves from the coronavirus, U.S. Senator Ed...
Mar 04, 2020
