Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blackstone CEO says financially distressed investors driving REIT redemptions
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Inc Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Wednesday that redemptions in his firm's $69 billion non-traded real estate income trust (REIT) were dri...
Dec 07, 2022
Analysis-Peru markets take in political drama as investors focus on fundamentals
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - On a day of high drama for Peruvian politics that saw the president threaten to dissolve Congress before himself being ousted, the Andean country's financial mar...
Dec 07, 2022
Colombia awards infrastructure project worth $674.5 million to Spain’s Sacyr
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government on Wednesday awarded a project worth 3.25 trillion pesos ($674.5 million) to Spanish engineering firm Sacyr for reconstructing and maintaining the Dique Canal,...
Dec 07, 2022
Kim Kardashian, other celebrities beat EMax crypto investors’ lawsuit
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - A federal judge in California on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against reality TV star Kim Kardashian, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. and others over their role in promot...
Dec 07, 2022
Republican lawmakers criticize U.S. grant to battery company with China ties
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Republican lawmakers on Wednesday were highly critical of the decision by the U.S. Energy Department to award $200 million to Microvast Holdings o...
Dec 07, 2022
Exclusive-Soccer-765K World Cup visitors fall short of Qatar’s expected 1.2M influx
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during the first two weeks of the World Cup, according to an organisers' report obtained by Reuters, falling short of the cou...
Dec 07, 2022
Australia’s RBA finds unexpected industry interest in an eAUD
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A pilot programme for a digital eAUD currency in Australia has attracted much more interest from industry than expected and some projects are set to be tested early next year, a cen...
Dec 07, 2022
U.N. summit on nature presents chance for ‘once-in-a-decade’ deal
By Allison Lampert and Gloria Dickie MONTREAL (Reuters) - Climate campaigners waved placards and chanted pro-nature slogans on Wednesday as a U.N. summit kicks off in Montreal, bringing together globa...
Dec 07, 2022
U.S. climate envoy Kerry hails holding COP28 conference in OPEC member UAE
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Wednesday hailed the decision to hold next year's COP28 climate summit in OPEC member the United Arab Emirates, say...
Dec 07, 2022
Golf-Tiger says ‘tough road’ ahead in recovery from foot injury
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said that while his golf swing is in great shape his injured right foot needs time to heal and that he looked forward to using a cart when he tees it up at The ...
Dec 07, 2022
