Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to extend U.S. national emergency due to COVID-19 health risk
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. national emergency declared in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended beyond March 1 due to the ongoing risk...
Feb 18, 2022
Fed chief Powell to give policy update to Congress in early March
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on March 2 and 3 in what are likely to be his final public remarks on monetary policy before the U.S. central bank begins r...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. judge rules for Saba Capital in closed-end fund voting litigation
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge ruled that Nuveen and trustees of its closed-end funds violated the Investment Company Act by stripping hedge fund Saba Capital of its fu...
Feb 18, 2022
Iconic Madonna dress and pre-Beatles drum kit go up for auction in California
(Reuters) - The pink Marilyn Monroe-style dress worn by pop star Madonna in her 1984 "Material Girl" music video and a drum kit used by the prototype Beatles are some of the items going under the hamm...
Feb 18, 2022
Brookfield to target $25 billion for largest infrastructure fund – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc is looking to raise $25 billion for its fifth flagship infrastructure fund, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Brookfield has already started marke...
Feb 18, 2022
Costa Rican presidential candidate says he would change IMF agreement
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's leading presidential candidate Jose Maria Figueres said he would negotiate adjustments to the country's billion-dollar agreement with the Internatio...
Feb 18, 2022
Images show military activity in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia – satellite firm
By Kanishka Singh and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Satellite imagery taken this week shows military activity in multiple locations across Belarus, the annexed Crimea region of Ukraine and western Russia n...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. judge orders Oath Keepers founder jailed ahead of sedition trial
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday said Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes should remain in jail as he awaits trial on a charge of seditious conspiracy for his alleged role in plo...
Feb 18, 2022
Fed officials lean against large increase to kick off rate hikes
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials on Friday squelched what had been rising market expectations for an aggressive initial response to 40-year-high U.S. inflat...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. prosecutors explore racketeering charges in short-seller probe -sources
By Megan Davies and Chris Prentice NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are exploring whether they can use a federal law originally enacted to take down the mafia, in a sprawling probe of ...
Feb 18, 2022
