Author Archives: Syndicated Content
London’s Tower Bridge gets stuck open for 2nd time in a year
LONDON (Reuters) - London's famous Tower Bridge got stuck in its open position for the second time in a year due to a technical fault on Monday, leading to tail-backs of road traffic trying to cross t...
Aug 09, 2021
Exclusive: Italian antitrust agency to investigate McDonald’s franchise terms – document
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority AGCM will investigate McDonald's terms and conditions in its agreements with franchise operators following several complaints, accordin...
Aug 09, 2021
Fed’s Bostic says he favors balanced and fast approach to tapering
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said on Monday the U.S. economy is improving faster than expected, with the time when the Fed c...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S. infrastructure bill’s cryptocurrency amendment to provide clarity on taxes – Yellen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said a cryptocurrency-related amendment in the Senate's pending infrastructure bill "will make meaningful progress on tax evasion....
Aug 09, 2021
Lawmakers ask U.S. Justice Department to stop seeking death penalty
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Four members of the U.S. Congress working to abolish capital punishment wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday to ask that he order Department of Justice att...
Aug 09, 2021
Motor racing-F1 stewards rule out review of Vettel’s disqualification
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) -Formula One stewards dismissed Aston Martin's request for a review of Sebastian Vettel's Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification on Monday, a ruling that stretched Lewi...
Aug 09, 2021
Exclusive-Peru’s finance chief says mining taxes can rise without affecting competitiveness
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's finance minister, Pedro Francke, told Reuters on Monday that the new leftist government is confident it can increase mining taxes without a...
Aug 09, 2021
Indian court delivers split verdict over PNB-Carlyle share deal
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has delivered a split verdict over PNB Housing Finance's 400 billion rupee ($5.4 billion) share allocation to a group of investors led by...
Aug 09, 2021
Crypto exchange Poloniex agrees to pay $10.4 million to settle U.S. SEC charges
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday Poloniex has agreed to pay roughly $10.4 million to settle charges of operating as an unlice...
Aug 09, 2021
Fed’s Barkin: Inflation likely to remain at Fed’s 2% target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High inflation this year may have satisfied one of the Fed's benchmarks for raising interest rates, though there is still room for the job market to heal before rates should ris...
Aug 09, 2021
