Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's Bolsonaro gets the Rio samba parade treatment
By Leonardo Benassatto and Sebastian Rocandio RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Top samba "schools" in Brazil's Carnival capital Rio de Janeiro paraded for a second night on Monday, peppering the annual sizz...
Feb 25, 2020
Canary Islands hotel on lockdown after coronavirus case
By Inti Landauro and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - A four-star hotel in Spain's Canary Islands was put on lockdown on Tuesday, its guests barred from leaving, and staff at reception wore face masks a...
Feb 25, 2020
HSBC to end cycling sponsorship deal after 2020 Olympics
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC will end its sponsorship of British cycling after the 2020 Olympics, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The British bank is only four years into a multi...
Feb 25, 2020
Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women
LONDON (Reuters) - The Scottish parliament on Tuesday is due to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women - the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would ma...
Feb 25, 2020
EU Commission advises staff not to go to Lombardy over virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has advised its staff not to travel to the northern Italian region of Lombardy over coronavirus concerns and told officials who went to the most affected a...
Feb 25, 2020
For Wells Fargo and former executives, $3 billion-deal with U.S. may not be the end
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Although Wells Fargo & Co settled major probes with federal agencies over abusive sales practices last week, the bank and its former executives are not out of ...
Feb 25, 2020
Macy's holiday-quarter comparable sales beats forecasts, shares jump
(Reuters) - Department store chain Macy's Inc on Tuesday reported quarterly comparable sales that beat Wall Street estimates with the help of a smaller-than-feared decline in holiday sales. Macy's sha...
Feb 25, 2020
Italy probes 'insane' prices for coronavirus masks, sanitizers
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian authorities have opened a probe into skyrocketing online prices for hygienic masks and sanitizing gels following the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, two senior magist...
Feb 25, 2020
IEA says virus-hit oil growth outlook lowest in a decade, could go lower
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency's (IEA) outlook on global oil demand growth has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Tuesday, adding it...
Feb 25, 2020
Thomson Reuters names new CEO, earnings top estimates
By Kenneth Li and Nick Zieminski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp said on Tuesday it had appointed former Nielsen Holdings Plc president Steve Hasker as its new chief executive officer, succe...
Feb 25, 2020
