Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In China’s Wall Street, bankers and traders sleep in offices to beat Shanghai COVID lockdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai's Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China's giant financial hub ticking over ...
Mar 29, 2022
UK police to issue first 20 fines over lockdown gatherings in Downing Street
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Tuesday they would be recommending an initial 20 fixed penalty notices are issued over breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at gatherings in Prime Minister ...
Mar 29, 2022
German health minister wants EU to recommend fourth COVID shot
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he will propose that the European Union recommend a fourth COVID-19 shot for people over the age of 60 years at a meeting of health minis...
Mar 29, 2022
Fitch withdraws Russian banks’ ratings
(Reuters) - Rating agency Fitch said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its ratings of 27 Russian banks, four of their affiliates and related financing special purpose vehicles. The withdrawals are for sanct...
Mar 29, 2022
EU Commission approves Sweden’s 3.3 billion euro recovery plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission approved on Tuesday Sweden's post-pandemic recovery plan that will allow the country to get 3.3 billion euros in grants from the European Union until 2026 ...
Mar 29, 2022
Porsche SE supports Volkswagen’s IPO plans for sportscar maker Porsche AG
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's largest shareholder, Porsche SE, supports Volkswagen's proposed plan for an IPO of luxury sportscar maker Porsche AG, the holding company said on Tuesday, adding no fin...
Mar 29, 2022
China lodged concerns with Australia after Chinese student searched and repatriated
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has lodged a "solemn representation" with Australia after reports that a Chinese student was searched upon landing in Australia and then repatriated, Chinese foreign ministry...
Mar 29, 2022
Russia says it has fully paid $102 million coupon on 2035 Eurobond
(Reuters) - The Russian finance ministry said on Tuesday it has fully paid a coupon on Russia's Eurobond due in 2035, its third payout since unprecedented Western sanctions called Moscow's ability to ...
Mar 29, 2022
Oligarch Abramovich attending Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul -sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Billionaire Roman Abramovich, one of the Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, is attending peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegat...
Mar 29, 2022
China says U.S. representative will attend Afghanistan meeting in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. representative will be present at a meeting of foreign ministers of neighbouring countries of Afghanistan being held on Wednesday and Thursday in China, a spokesman for Chin...
Mar 29, 2022
