Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed to raise rates 25 bps in March but calls for 50 bps grow louder: Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat BENGALURU (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will kick off its tightening cycle in March with a 25-basis-point interest rate rise, a Reuters poll of economists found, but a growing m...
Feb 15, 2022
Singapore reports one-day record of 19,179 local COVID cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore reported a record 19,179 local coronavirus infections on Tuesday. The city-state has recorded 191,882 cases of the virus over the last 28 days, but 99.7% of them had no...
Feb 15, 2022
Australia’s Liontown signs 5-year lithium supply deal with Tesla
(Reuters) - Australia's Liontown Resources said on Wednesday it signed a five-year agreement with Tesla to supply lithium spodumene concentrate to the electric carmaker, sending the lithium miner's sh...
Feb 15, 2022
U.S., allies ready to retaliate for Russian cyberattacks, say officials
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are prepared to respond to Russian cyberattacks amid escalating tensions over Ukraine, with the scope of retaliatory actions or...
Feb 15, 2022
P.J. O’Rourke, renowned political satirist and journalist, dies age 74
(Fixes typographical error in paragraph 8) By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - P.J. O'Rourke, the American journalist, political satirist and best-selling author who rose to fame as editor-in-chief of the n...
Feb 15, 2022
Explainer-What’s next for Fed after Senate vote on Biden’s nominees delayed
By Jonnelle Marte and Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Tuesday delayed a pivotal committee vote on President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, including Jerome Powell as c...
Feb 15, 2022
N.Korea celebrates late Kim’s birthday in new alpine city, with no military event
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's late father with a music concert and gun salutes in a refurbished holy city, but no m...
Feb 15, 2022
Colombia’s central bank must raise rates in first half to control inflation -IMF
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank will have to front load interest rate hikes in the first half of this year in order to get a grip on inflation and maintain its hard-won credibility, the Int...
Feb 15, 2022
Meta closes Kustomer deal after regulatory approval
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday it had closed its acquisition of Kustomer, a U.S. customer service startup, after winning conditional EU antitrust approval for the deal last month. The ...
Feb 15, 2022
Fortescue Metals first-half profit drops 32% as costs weigh
(Reuters) - Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, the world's fourth-largest iron ore miner, said on Wednesday its first-half profit fell by nearly a third, hurt by higher material and labour costs due to the p...
Feb 15, 2022
