Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. equity funds face outflows on growth concerns -Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds faced an outflow in the week to Sept. 8, on concerns the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant could slow economic growth and uncertainty over the timeline for the Fede...
Sep 13, 2021
The Blonds wrap up NY Fashion Week with sparkling cabaret club show
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Designers The Blonds celebrated the return of in-person shows at New York Fashion Week with a live catwalk presentation in a cabaret club, serving up an escapist vision of shimmer...
Sep 13, 2021
No ‘magic wand’ to fix Lebanon crisis, new prime minister says
By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who took office last week promising to revive IMF talks to unlock aid, said on Monday there was no time to lose and no ea...
Sep 13, 2021
The unfolding of the Kansas City Southern takeover saga
(Reuters) - Kansas City Southern said it planned to accept Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd's $27.2 billion cash-and-stock acquisition offer as superior to its $29.6 billion deal to sell itself to Canadia...
Sep 13, 2021
Qatar foreign minister says he urged Taliban to respect women’s rights
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday the Gulf state has urged Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers to respect women's rights and that it was still too early to consider recognising th...
Sep 13, 2021
Macron’s ex-bodyguard goes on trial over May Day assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - A former security advisor of French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at a Paris court on Monday to go on trial accused of roughing up May Day protesters in 2018, in what triggered t...
Sep 13, 2021
In California, Latino boardroom representation lags -study
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - California companies added Latino directors at the slowest pace among U.S. minority groups, a new study found, ahead of a year-end state deadline mandating more board...
Sep 13, 2021
Afghanistan blame game shifts to U.S. Congress as Blinken testifies
By Patricia Zengerle and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify twice to Congress this week about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, as lawmakers kick o...
Sep 13, 2021
Ex-Wells Fargo executives set to face civil trial in scandal over phony accounts
By Jody Godoy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, is scheduled to begin a civil trial on Monday for three former Wells Fargo & Co ...
Sep 13, 2021
Biden put rights at heart of U.S. foreign policy. Then he pulled punches
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after the last U.S. troops and diplomats were out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said in an address at the White House that Washingto...
Sep 13, 2021
