Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU bets on industrial data, new rules to catch up in global tech
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to create a single European market for data, hoping that pooling the region's deep industrial expertise will help build technology
By Foo Yun Chee Feb 19, 2020
Revolutionary squads guard Sudan's bakeries to battle corruption
By Aidan Lewis KHARTOUM (Reuters) - As bakers in flour-stained clothes knead dough and slide trays of loaves into ovens in Sudan's capital, a cluster of yellow-vested volunteers keep watch. The goal
By Aidan Lewis Feb 19, 2020
Mexican prosecutors to issue arrest warrants in probe for young girl's murder
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they would soon issue arrest warrants for two people wanted for the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Mexico City, the latest in a series of
Reuters Feb 19, 2020
Should Facebook, Google be liable for user posts? asks U.S. Attorney General Barr
By Nandita Bose and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook, Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity
By Nandita Bose and Raphael Satter Feb 19, 2020
U.S. gun-control advocacy group to spend $8 million on Texas political campaigns
By Brad Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. advocacy group calling for tougher gun regulations said on Wednesday it will spend $8 million this year to support the campaigns of Texas politicians
By Brad Brooks Feb 19, 2020
Stocks scale fresh peaks on slowing virus, dollar gains
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar gained while some U.S. and European equity indexes scaled fresh peaks on Wednesday after China reported another decline in new coronavirus cases and on
By Herbert Lash Feb 19, 2020
Fed policymakers cautiously optimistic on U.S. economy despite new risks, minutes show
By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers were cautiously optimistic about their ability to hold interest rates steady this year, minutes of the central bank's last
By Lindsay Dunsmuir Feb 19, 2020
Oil up more than 2% on slowing coronavirus cases, U.S. move on Venezuela
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices gained more than 2% on Wednesday as worries eased about demand declining due to the spread of coronavirus cases in China, while supplies tightened as
By Laila Kearney Feb 19, 2020
Illinois governor looks to income tax change to boost Fiscal Year 2021 revenue
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed a $42 billion fiscal 2021 general funds budget on Wednesday that includes $1.4 billion in new revenue from a change in the state's income
Reuters Feb 19, 2020
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he denied Russia hacked Democrats' emails: lawyer
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in
Reuters Feb 19, 2020
