Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court leans toward SEC's power to recover ill-gotten gains
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to back the Securities and Exchange Commission's power to use federal courts to forc...
Mar 3, 2020
Mexican president rejects resignation of senior official, backs him
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday rejected the resignation of a senior official who had quit due to a departmental spat over a major social program, expo...
Mar 3, 2020
Saudi SABIC lifts Swiss chemicals maker Clariant stake
(Reuters) - Chemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) said on Tuesday that it had raised its stake in Swiss chemicals maker Clariant to 31.5% from 25%. SABIC, which is Clariant's large...
Mar 3, 2020
Poor controls led U.S. prisons to buy whole cow hearts disguised as ground beef: watchdog
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Prisons lacks policies to safeguard against serving potentially contaminated food to its inmates, a problem that led it to buy substandard p...
Mar 3, 2020
Lockdown: Not everyone unhappy about life in Italy's red zone
SAN FIORANO, Italy (Reuters) - Life in quarantine is wearing thin for many residents shut off from the outside world in towns at the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak, but not everyone is unhappy....
Mar 3, 2020
Jailed Catalan leader cannot temporarily serve as EU lawmaker, EU's top court says
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A jailed Catalan separatist leader elected to the European Parliament while in detention cannot serve as an EU lawmaker or enjoy immunity while his case is heard by the European...
Mar 3, 2020
Mexico FX to stay on defensive with U.S. election campaign, coronavirus in focus: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Mexico's peso is seen vulnerable to further slumps with the U.S. election campaign in focus after ending the first quarter on a bad note due to fears over the...
Mar 3, 2020
Electric cars lack mainstream appeal, Peugeot CEO says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Electric cars are only bought by "green addicts" and lack broader appeal needed to reach mainstream consumers, Peugeot Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Tuesday. "When some ...
Mar 3, 2020
Trump, lawmakers near agreement on coronavirus emergency funding
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump on Wednesday were coalescing around emergency legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as $9 bi...
Mar 3, 2020
IMF deal would spark 'popular revolution' in Lebanon, Hezbollah believes
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah believes that terms required by any IMF bailout package for Lebanon would spark "a popular revolution", a senior official said on Tuesday, rejecting such a step and callin...
Mar 3, 2020
