Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia tweaks tax code to make it easier for foreign firms to pay in roubles
(Reuters) - Russian lawmakers on Wednesday passed an amendment to the tax code that they said would make it easier for foreign companies to open accounts with Russian banks and pay for Russian gas and...
Apr 20, 2022
U.S. crude stocks drop sharply, fuel inventories down – EIA
(Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 8 million barrels in the week ende...
Apr 20, 2022
Diamond miner De Beers returns to Angola after ten-year absence
LUANDA (Reuters) -Diamond miner De Beers has signed two mineral investment contracts with the Angolan government, the Anglo American subsidiary said on Wednesday, in a return to the southern African c...
Apr 20, 2022
Zelenskiy, Navalny voice support for France’s Macron in Sunday election
PARIS (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and jailed Russian Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny both voiced support for French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of an election that pits Macro...
Apr 20, 2022
Tennis-Shriver had ‘traumatic’ relationship with older coach as a teenager
(Reuters) - Former world number three Pam Shriver said she had an "inappropriate and damaging relationship" with her coach which began when she was 17-years-old, and warned that coaching relationships...
Apr 20, 2022
IMF’s Georgieva says China should stimulate consumption as lockdowns mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday that China should use fiscal space to stimulate consumption as it faces an economic slowdown...
Apr 20, 2022
Montenegro joins EU in banning Russian media outlets RT, Sputnik
PODGORICA (Reuters) - Montenegro said on Wednesday it had banned Russian state-controlled media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik as part of sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, following in the ...
Apr 20, 2022
Russia to update its strategy in World Trade Organization amid sanctions, says Putin
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that "illegal" restrictions on Russian companies by Western states ran counter to World Trade Organization rules and told his government ...
Apr 20, 2022
Yellen tells Indonesian finance minister: ‘No business-as-usual’ for Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her counterpart from Indonesia that there will be no "business-as-usual" for Russia in the global economy given its invasion of Ukraine...
Apr 20, 2022
U.S. existing home sales fall; house prices hit record high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales fell more than expected in March as house prices hit a record high despite some improvement in supply, and could decline further amid surging mortgage rates. Exi...
Apr 20, 2022
