Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Port of Los Angeles 2020 volume sinks as coronavirus whacks demand
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles is down 15.5% so far this year as the novel coronavirus upends economies around the globe, Gene Seroka, executive dire...
May 06, 2020
Pandemic leads R&A to break with tradition over captaincy
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has led the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to break with tradition and nominate, for only the second time in 266 years, its captain to serve for two s...
May 06, 2020
German parliament should legislate to get ECB information from Bundesbank: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's parliament should legally oblige the country's central bank to inform it about its activities as a member of the system of euro zone central banks, a legal analysis by the...
May 06, 2020
T.O. among NFL celebs in COD charity event
Hall of Fame receiver Terrell Owens headlines a group of former and current NFL players participating in a Call of Duty: Warzone tournament to raise money for COVID-19 charities. Organized by Misfits ...
May 06, 2020
Surging small cap stocks offer hope of U.S. growth rebound
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Big gains in small caps stocks are fueling hopes that a bounce in broader equity markets may stick, as investors ponder how quickly the U.S. economy can emerg...
May 06, 2020
Up to 1,200 deployed in Libya by Russian military group: U.N. report
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has up to 1,200 people deployed in Libya, strengthening the forces of eastern-based military leader Khal...
May 06, 2020
Euro zone business activity collapses at record pace in April
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Business activity across Europe almost ground to a halt last month as government-imposed lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus forced factories, shops an...
May 06, 2020
U.S. SEC orders new governance plan for stock market data
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to order exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to create a new governance plan f...
May 06, 2020
Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk founder and electronic music pioneer, dies at 73
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Florian Schneider, co-founder of pioneering German electronic band Kraftwerk, which influenced generations of pop and dance musicians with mesmerising tracks such ...
May 06, 2020
Pentagon report says 130 civilians killed in 2019, lower than watchdog estimates
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military operations killed about 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year, according to a Pentagon report seen by...
May 06, 2020
