Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fewer Venezuelans caught at U.S.-Mexico border after Biden expulsions
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Venezuelan migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has plummeted as a new bilateral policy has pushed thousands back to Mexico in the past week, acc...
Oct 20, 2022
Chess-Niemann files $100m defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com
(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com and others for slander and libel ...
Oct 20, 2022
Brazil’s Assai posts 47.8% drop in Q3 net profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cash-and-carry chain Assai reported a 47.8% decrease in third-quarter net profit, compared to the same period last year, to reach 281 million reais ($53.85 million), th...
Oct 20, 2022
Pfizer expects to raise COVID vaccine price to $110-$130 per dose
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc expects to raise the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government's current purchase program expires,...
Oct 20, 2022
Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair
By Alison Frankel (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc has almost no chance of barring the chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, from participation in the FTC's challenge to Meta's planned ...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court’s Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the pol...
Oct 20, 2022
St. Louis Fed says will “think differently” about involvement in private events
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The St. Louis Federal Reserve said it would "think differently" about appearances by its president James Bullard at closed press events after news reports of...
Oct 20, 2022
Mexico’s Banorte reports 30% surge in Q3 net profit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte reported on Thursday that its third-quarter net profit surged 30% to 11.54 billion pesos ($573.56 million) from the year-ago period, boosted by...
Oct 20, 2022
Three Louisiana men freed after 28 years in prison for wrongful murder convictions
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Three men wrongfully imprisoned for 28 years for a New Orleans murder have been freed after prosecutors agreed with defense attorneys that their conviction was based on sho...
Oct 20, 2022
Russian court orders arrest of dissident journalist Ovsyannikova
(Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday ordered the arrest of television journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, Interfax news agency said, more than six months after she flashed a sign on air saying the Krem...
Oct 20, 2022
