Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cutting tarrifs on agenda for LatAm anti-inflation plan, Mexico says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cutting trade tariffs will be under discussion when roughly a dozen leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean meet virtually next month to forge a plan to combat inflation, ...
Mar 16, 2023
MercadoLibre to invest $3.6 billion in Brazil this year
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - MercadoLibre Inc. said on Thursday it expects to invest 19 billion reais ($3.60 billion) in Brazil in 2023, 11.5% more than the amount invested in the previous year. The South Am...
Mar 16, 2023
EU calls for UN to probe Iran schoolgirl poisonings
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European lawmakers called on the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into a wave of poisonings that have hit schoolgirls in Iran. 13,000 pup...
Mar 16, 2023
Microsoft unveils AI for its office suite in increased competition with Google
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate of unveilings this week by its rival G...
Mar 16, 2023
Rising bottled water consumption signals safe drinking water goal is under threat, says U.N. think tank
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies which is putting the U.N. sustainable development goal of saf...
Mar 16, 2023
JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley among banks in deal talks with First Republic – WSJ
(Reuters) - Several banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley are in talks with First Republic Bank for a potential deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people famil...
Mar 16, 2023
Dutch hospitals hold 24-hour strike for better pay, conditions
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Health workers went on a 24-hour strike at dozens of hospitals across the Netherlands on Thursday to support trade union demands for a 10% pay increase and better terms. Hospital...
Mar 16, 2023
Deposits have started moving to money market funds – Goldman Sachs
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said deposits have started to move out of U.S. banks and towards money markets funds, as investors seek the safety in Treasury securities amid worries about stresses in the b...
Mar 16, 2023
Argentina February inflation data “very bad”: government spokesperson
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Argentine government on Thursday said annual inflation data registered in February, the highest since 1991, was "very bad," but insisted that the 60% inflation rate foreca...
Mar 16, 2023
Two Canadian police officers killed responding to call in Edmonton
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Two Canadian police officers were killed early on Thursday in the western city of Edmonton after they responded to a call, the city's police service said in a statement. Police did ...
Mar 16, 2023
