Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bank of London weighs rescue bid for Silicon Valley Bank’s UK arm – Sky News
(Reuters) - British clearing bank The Bank of London is considering a rescue bid for the UK arm of collapsed U.S. bank Silicon Valley Bank, Sky News reported on Saturday. The British bank has appointe...
Mar 11, 2023
Analysis-SVB’s lightning collapse stuns banking industry
By Pete Schroeder and Nupur Anand WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rapid unraveling of SVB Financial Group has blindsided the banking industry after years of stability. The collapse on Friday, the ...
Mar 11, 2023
Economists warn of costs if US Medicare covers new obesity drugs
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The cost of expanding U.S. Medicare prescription drug coverage to pay for expensive, new obesity medications could be catastrophic, health economists warned in a report publ...
Mar 11, 2023
Cricket-South Africa ease to 284-run victory in second test v West Indies
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Captain Temba Bavuma smashed a career-best 172 and Gerald Coetzee and Simon Harmer shared three wickets each as South Africa completed a 284-run victory over West Indies for a ...
Mar 11, 2023
Soccer-Real Madrid call board meeting to discuss Barcelona’s refereeing scandal
By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid have called a board meeting for Sunday to discuss alleged attempts by arch rivals Barcelona to influence referees, the European and Spanish soccer cha...
Mar 11, 2023
France faces another day of nationwide protests against Macron’s pension plans
PARIS (Reuters) - France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refinerie...
Mar 11, 2023
In Peru’s Andes, scars of protest deaths cut deep as families seek justice
By Alexander Villegas JULIACA, Peru (Reuters) - In a small bedroom of a tin-roofed home in Peru's southern city of Juliaca, Asunta Jumpiri holds the torn red and black sweatshirt of her 15-year-old so...
Mar 11, 2023
Canada immigration: Why record asylum seekers are crossing U.S. border
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson CHAMPLAIN, New York and WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bookseller Zulema Diaz fled her native Peru after being kidnapped, beaten and robbed, hoping to find safety in the ...
Mar 11, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank’s demise began with downgrade threat
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - In the middle of last week, Moody's Investors Service Inc delivered alarming news to SVB Financial Group, the parent of Silicon Valley Bank: the ratings firm was preparing to ...
Mar 11, 2023
More than 1,000 migrants brought ashore in Italy after multiple rescues
ROME (Reuters) - More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria. On...
Mar 11, 2023
