Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-Buyout firm Madison Dearborn approaches MoneyGram with acquisition bid-sources
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC has approached MoneyGram International Inc, one of the world's largest money transfer companies, with an acquisition o...
Dec 15, 2021
Fed’s Powell: Economy no longer needs increasing support from asset purchases
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said the U.S. economy is improving quickly and no longer needs the "increasing support" provided by its asset purchases, making it appropri...
Dec 15, 2021
Apple shuts stores in Miami, Ottawa, Annapolis after rise in COVID-19 cases – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has temporarily closed three retail stores in Miami, Maryland and Ottawa after a rise in employee COVID-19 cases and exposures, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Apple did no...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. concerned by Canada’s pursuit of digital services tax -USTR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The office of the U.S. Trade Representative is concerned with Canada's announcement that it will continue to pursue a unilateral digital services tax, a USTR spokesperson said i...
Dec 15, 2021
New York criminal case against Huawei still far from trial
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - A three-year-old criminal case against the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei is still far from going to trial in New York, despite an agreement in the cas...
Dec 15, 2021
Salvadoran drag queen emerges as a colorful presidential critic
By Wilfredo Pineda and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Promoting bitcoin as he consolidates power, El Salvador's popular President Nayib Bukele has mostly swatted away his traditional politic...
Dec 15, 2021
Black feminist writer and intellectual bell hooks dies at 69
(Reuters) - Black feminist intellectual bell hooks, whose pioneering work took on new urgency amid the racial justice protests that swept the United States in the wake of the police killings of George...
Dec 15, 2021
Factbox-Details of U.S. SEC’s rules on corporate trades, money market funds, swaps
By Michelle Price and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed new rules that will affect publicly listed companies and their top ...
Dec 15, 2021
FOMC speeds up taper and opens door to rate lift off in 2022
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, signaling its inflation target has been met, on Wednesday said it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March, paving the way for three quarter-percent...
Dec 15, 2021
NFL-Las Vegas to host Super Bowl in 2024
(Reuters) - Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be the site of Super Bowl LVIII when the NFL's championship game comes to Sin City for the first time in 2024, the league announced on Wednesday. The st...
Dec 15, 2021
