Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Intel says flawed EU antitrust decision underpins $1.2 billion fine
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Intel on Tuesday said EU antitrust regulators got it wrong when they fined the chipmaker 1.06 billion euros ($1.2 billion) more than a decade ago for thwarting a...
Mar 10, 2020
BOJ may pledge to ramp up ETF buying next week, sources say
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may pledge to buy exchange-traded funds (ETF) faster than the current pace when it holds its rate review next week, if market volatility persists en...
Mar 10, 2020
Russia's ruling party backs idea to allow Putin to run again for president: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ruling United Russia party said on Tuesday it would back a constitutional amendment that would allow President Vladimir Putin to run for president again despite a legal lim...
Mar 10, 2020
U.S. heavy equipment makers, hurt by tariffs, vow to make them top election theme
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - America's heavy equipment makers aim to make tariffs an election year issue after losing market share to imports of foreign goods as a result of the levies on inputs impo...
Mar 10, 2020
Spain's La Rioja region orders schools shutdown as coronavirus spreads
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish wine-growing region La Rioja ordered all schools to close down in a bid to slow the spreading coronavirus, a local health authority's spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The decisi...
Mar 10, 2020
Olympics or not, Japan wheelchair dancer has message: diversity is cool
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Whirling, spinning, reaching, grasping - Japanese wheelchair dancer Kenta Kambara's emotive performances are wordless testimony to artistic passion and possibility. Bor...
Mar 10, 2020
Alibaba establishes 5G research lab under DAMO Academy research division
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will establish a research lab for the development of 5G technologies, under its DAMO Academy research division, the company said...
Mar 10, 2020
Myanmar's parliament blocks bid by Suu Kyi party to reduce army power
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament blocked a bid by the party of leader Aung San Suu Kyi to reduce the role of the military in politics on Tuesday, almost a decade into a troubled democratic tra...
Mar 10, 2020
Peugeot's Vauxhall UK car factory cut to four-day week
LONDON (Reuters) - Peugeot's British car factory will go down to a four-day working week later this month as the firm finds efficiencies in the face of a weak European car market. The northern English...
Mar 10, 2020
Royal Bank of Scotland offers mortgage relief to customers hit by coronavirus
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland has pledged to defer mortgage and loan repayments for up to three months for customers impacted by coronavirus, the state-backed lender said on Tuesday. RBS h...
Mar 10, 2020
