Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Credit Suisse changes bonus structure for senior staff -memo
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse has announced changes to its bonus scheme for senior staff after what it described as a "difficult" 2021. The bank, which has been hit by a string of scandals and loss...
Jan 28, 2022
Bachelet visit must guarantee full access to China’s Xinjiang – spokesperson
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is in talks with China for a possible visit in the first half of 2022, but it must be "meaningful, with unsupervised access" to the Xinjian...
Jan 28, 2022
Portugal’s Sunday election wide open as Socialists’ lead narrows
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's ruling Socialists have lost more of their lead to the main opposition party, the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD), in two opinion polls released on...
Jan 28, 2022
China’s Great Wall says will invest $1.9 billion in Brazil over next decade
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Great Wall Motor said on Friday it will invest 11.5 billion yuan ($1.81 billion) over the next decade to build electric vehicles in Brazil where its has taken over a facto...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. says sufficient evidence of forced labour at Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States on Friday said it has sufficient information to determine that Malaysian palm oil producer Sime Darby Plantation Bhd uses forced labour and that the firm's g...
Jan 28, 2022
“Zero capitulation in equity positioning” despite selloff -BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are undeterred by the recent selloff on Wall Street and have continued to snap up stocks, BofA commented in its weekly flow show report which showed $17.1 billion were pou...
Jan 28, 2022
Spanish economic growth at fastest in 20 years but misses govt forecast
By Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's economy expanded at its fastest pace in two decades last year but slowed down in the fourth quarter as public and private spending slipped amid soaring infla...
Jan 28, 2022
Sardinian fishermen say ban on harvesting sea urchins spells ruin
By Antonio Denti CAGLIARI, Italy (Reuters) - Sea urchins have sharp thorny spines to ward off predators but now an island-wide ban on their harvesting in Sardinia is proving a thorn in the side of the...
Jan 28, 2022
Tennis-Locker room chat with Nadal a comfort for beaten Berrettini
By Courtney Walsh MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Shortly after Rafa Nadal ended his dreams at the Australian Open on Friday, Matteo Berrettini sat with the Spanish 20-times Grand Slam winner in the locker room...
Jan 28, 2022
Kazakh president Tokayev takes over as ruling party leader
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's ruling Nur Otan party elected President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its chairman on Friday, his office said in a tweet, finalising the transfer of political power from his...
Jan 28, 2022
