Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-Brazil eyes tax exemption for foreign investors in corporate bonds, Economy Ministry says
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government is considering an income tax exemption for foreigners investing in domestic corporate bonds, hoping to lower financing costs for local firms at...
Feb 16, 2022
Italy’s Constitutional Court vetoes referendum to liberalise cannabis
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request to hold a referendum on legalising the cultivation of cannabis, provoking the ire of promoters who called the decision a b...
Feb 16, 2022
Paramount shares slump as investments to beef up streaming spook investors
By Eva Mathews and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) - Shares of ViacomCBS Inc, rebranded as Paramount Global, plunged 21% on Wednesday to their lowest in over a year, after the media company's earnings miss an...
Feb 16, 2022
France’s bill banning hijabs in sports events moves to National Assembly
PARIS (Reuters) - A draft bill that would ban the wearing of the hijab in sporting competitions will pass on to France's National Assembly after the Senate on Wednesday declined to vote on the legisla...
Feb 16, 2022
Jared Kushner ally pardoned by Trump pleads guilty to attempting to spy on ex-wife
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January 2021 by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Wednesda...
Feb 16, 2022
Bank of Canada will forcefully tackle inflation if need be – deputy governor
OTTAWA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will be nimble and potentially "forceful" in tackling uncomfortably high inflation, a senior official said on Wednesday, setting the stage for an aggressi...
Feb 16, 2022
EU states agree on need to build own satellite constellation
PARIS (Reuters) - European Union ministers, meeting on space policy in Toulouse, on Wednesday agreed that the bloc needed an autonomous satellite constellation infrastructure for high-speed internet a...
Feb 16, 2022
Yara buys 14% stake in Brazil farm trade platform Orbia
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A unit of Norwegian plant nutrition company Yara International ASA has acquired for an undisclosed sum a 14% stake in Brazilian online farm products trade platform Or...
Feb 16, 2022
Minneapolis ex-police officer trusted colleague’s use of knee in deadly Floyd arrest
By Jonathan Allen ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - Tou Thao, one of three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for violating George Floyd's civil rights, testified on Wednesday that he trusted his e...
Feb 16, 2022
Tennis-Murray mauled by Bautista Agut in Qatar
LONDON (Reuters) - Former world number one Andy Murray suffered a brutal 6-0 6-1 defeat by Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round of the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Murray, twice a champion at...
Feb 16, 2022
