Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s Petrobras to provide $56 million in cooking gas program for the poor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras announced late on Wednesday it will provide 300 million reais ($56.23 million) to a 15-month social program that aims to help low-income...
Sep 30, 2021
European banks need regulation reset to catch U.S. rivals, Botin says
MADRID (Reuters) - Banks in Europe need more dynamic regulation to enable them to improve their profitability and catch up with their peers in the United States, the head of European Banking Federatio...
Sep 30, 2021
Motor racing-Qatar provides a further boost to the balance sheet for F1
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar's 10-year deal with Formula One announced on Thursday will boost the balance sheet of a sport recovering from the hit of COVID-19 as well as further raising th...
Sep 30, 2021
COP26 climate talks must produce new level of transparency, accountability – U.S. envoy Kerry
MILAN (Reuters) - The upcoming COP26 U.N. climate summit in Glasgow in November must produce a "new level of transparency and accountability", U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said during a debate at the...
Sep 30, 2021
‘We live day to day’: Almost half of Argentines in shadow of poverty
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Claudia Martini BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Eduardo David Rodriguez takes bags of fruit and vegetables to sell in a fresh produce market in Buenos Aires twice a week to make ends ...
Sep 30, 2021
Analysis-U.S. Fed navigates policy minefield with impending digital dollar report
By Jonnelle Marte and Michelle Price (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve board will soon issue a hotly-awaited report exploring the potential adoption of a digital dollar, but with its governors and ...
Sep 30, 2021
Soccer-Man jailed for racially abusing West Bromwich player
(Reuters) - A man who racially abused West Bromwich Albion midfielder Romaine Sawyers online received an eight-week prison sentence on Thursday. Simon Silwood, 50, targeted Sawyers after West Bromwich...
Sep 30, 2021
Japan’s Kishida moves to retain Aso as deputy PM, finance minister – Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's presumptive next prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has started making arrangements to retain Taro Aso as deputy premier and finance minister in the new cabinet, Jiji news agency...
Sep 30, 2021
Norway to close its last Arctic coal mine in 2023
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's state-owned coal company will close its last mine in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in 2023, it said on Thursday, causing the loss of 80 jobs and ending 120 years of exploit...
Sep 30, 2021
Merck to buy Acceleron for about $11.5 billion in rare disease drugs push
(Reuters) - Merck & Co will buy drugmaker Acceleron Pharma Inc for about $11.5 billion, the companies said on Thursday, as the U.S. pharmaceutical giant looks to beef up its portfolio with drugs for r...
Sep 30, 2021
