Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Disney braces for boardroom battle
(Reuters) - Activist investor Nelson Peltz on Thursday bid for a seat on the board of Walt Disney Co, stirring the pot for what appears to be a boardroom battle brewing at the Magic Kingdom. This come...
Jan 12, 2023
U.S December deficit quadruples as outlays grow, revenues fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's budget deficit for December quadrupled from a year earlier to $85 billion as receipts shrank slightly and outlays grew to a new December record, led by hig...
Jan 12, 2023
Chinese embassy in UK: ‘Firmly opposed’ to Britain’s Hong Kong report
LONDON (Reuters) - China's embassy in Britain said on Thursday it had lodged "stern representations" about the UK's latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong, which criticised what it called the erosion ...
Jan 12, 2023
Japan PM Kishida: ‘keen’ to strengthen cooperation with Canada
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his economic policies align with those of Canada's and he was keen to strengthen cooperation between industries and government...
Jan 12, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s father retains attorney – source
By Chris Prentice, Angus Berwick and Luc Cohen (Reuters) - The father of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has retained a New York attorney in recent weeks, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters,...
Jan 12, 2023
Analysis-Softer inflation print stirs hopes of ‘Goldilocks’ scenario for U.S. markets
By David Randall and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some investors believe a slowdown in U.S. inflation last month may be paving the way for a market-friendly "Goldilocks" scenario for asset p...
Jan 12, 2023
Aid chief to ask Taliban’s Kandahar leaders to scrap female worker ban
KABUL (Reuters) - The head of a major aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned female NGO workers said on Thursday he would write to the the administration's senior figure...
Jan 12, 2023
U.S. securities regulator lists April for climate rule action
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator has cited April as the release date for a long-anticipated rule on companies' climate-related disclosures, according to a recent federal no...
Jan 12, 2023
Explainer-Washington creeps toward a debt catastrophe, again
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An expected showdown between President Joe Biden's Democrats and a newly minted Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives over the debt ceiling is ...
Jan 12, 2023
Special counsel named to probe Biden’s handling of documents
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden's handli...
Jan 12, 2023
