Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden pledge to tax wealthy, companies revived with Manchin-led bill
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign trail promise to increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy as part of a battle against glaring income inequality in the...
Jul 28, 2022
Top model Bella Hadid joins metaverse with NFT collection
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. supermodel Bella Hadid has stepped from the catwalk into the metaverse with the launch of CY-B3LLA - a collection of Non-Fungible Tokens featuring artwork based on 3-D scans of...
Jul 28, 2022
Factbox-The crypto crash hit these companies the hardest
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies have been hard hit by fears interest rate hikes will end the era of cheap money, with the world's largest digital asset, bitcoin, down more than 56% from th...
Jul 28, 2022
Explainer-Blood, treasure and chaos: the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic strife across the world. Following are the main im...
Jul 28, 2022
Kremlin says no agreements yet on Griner prisoner swap
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that there were no agreements yet on a possible prisoner swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout...
Jul 28, 2022
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes near coast of Nicaragua – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 64 km (40 miles), EM...
Jul 28, 2022
Cellnex to grow existing markets after failed DT towers bid
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Cellnex said on Thursday it would consolidate and expand in its 12 existing European markets after a failed bid for Deutsche Telekom's (DT) towers business. ...
Jul 28, 2022
More than 100,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Britain since war -government
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Britain under two schemes set up to help those fleeing the country following Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, the British government said o...
Jul 28, 2022
Singapore Airlines swings to profit as passenger traffic improves
(Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIA) swung to a first-quarter net profit of S$370 million ($268 million), it said on Thursday, after a fourteenfold increase in passenger traffic year on year thanks to...
Jul 28, 2022
Keep calm and cut the air con – Japan’s energy saving is model for Europe
By Rocky Swift and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - As Europe braces for energy shortages from Russian gas cuts, Japan's own energy crisis a decade ago offers survival lessons to households and busines...
Jul 28, 2022
