Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Home improvement chain Lowe’s raises annual sales forecast
(Reuters) - Home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc raised its full-year sales forecast on Wednesday, as home improvement retailers benefit from resilient demand for tools and building materials. Lowe's...
Feb 23, 2022
Jury to decide if Minneapolis police violated George Floyd’s rights
By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to begin deliberating on Wednesday on whether three former Minneapolis police officers deprived George Floyd of his constitutional rights b...
Feb 23, 2022
Localiza, Unidas close to divesting assets to get deal approval -report
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian rental car companies Localiza and Unidas, formally known as Companhia de Locacao das Americas are close to selling assets to get the approval of antitrust watchdog Cade...
Feb 23, 2022
Rouble weakens as investors take stock of new Western sanctions on Russia
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian rouble weakened on Wednesday, reversing gains made the previous day and heading back towards 80 to the dollar as investors took stock of Western sanc...
Feb 23, 2022
U.S. truckers plan pandemic protest, inspired by Canadian counterparts
By Omar Younis ADELANTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city for weeks, U.S. truckers on Wednesday plan to embark on a 2,500-mile (4,000-km) cross-...
Feb 23, 2022
U.S. to hold its biggest offshore wind auction
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The United States will hold its biggest ever sale of offshore wind development rights on Wednesday, in an area covering nearly half a million acres off the coasts of New Y...
Feb 23, 2022
Mexico’s gas flaring soars, igniting fears for its climate goals
By Stefanie Eschenbacher PROCESADOR DE GAS CACTUS, Mexico (Reuters) - It never gets completely dark in Colonia El Carmen, home to Mexico's largest natural gas processing center, in the poor southern s...
Feb 23, 2022
Protesting Pakistani fishermen block Karachi port
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Protesting fishermen blockaded Karachi port, assembling their trawlers across the main channel to halt all traffic in and out of Pakistan's busiest po...
Feb 23, 2022
Rio Tinto rides iron ore gains to post record profit, pay $17 billion dividend
By Praveen Menon (Reuters) - Rio Tinto posted on Wednesday its best ever annual profit and a record full-year dividend of $16.8 billion, boosted by higher iron ore prices and strong demand from top co...
Feb 23, 2022
‘Kids are broken’ with online teaching as Hong Kong upsets parents with early school break
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Insurance agent Emily Kwong, 30, is struggling to home-school her five-year-old daughter and is worried she has learned nothing due to Hong Kong's strict COVID-19...
Feb 23, 2022
