Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Back-to-school may lift U.S. retail shares after recent lull
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Strong late-summer back-to-school sales could provide U.S. retailers some needed momentum after many sector shares lagged the broader market in recent mon...
Sep 03, 2021
Tennis – Muguruza beats Azarenka to reach U.S. Open fourth round
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - Garbine Muguruza pushed past one of the best players to ever grace the Flushing Meadows hardcourts on Friday, taming Victoria Azarenka 6-4 3-6 6-2 to reach the fo...
Sep 03, 2021
U.S. probing fatal Tesla crash that killed pedestrian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators on Friday disclosed they are investigating a July 26 fatal crash in New York involving a Tesla that may have been using an advanced driver assistance...
Sep 03, 2021
U.S. defense secretary to travel to Gulf countries next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait next week, the Pentagon said on Friday, in a "thank you" tour for allies and troops th...
Sep 03, 2021
Soccer – UEFA set to oppose FIFA over biennial World Cup
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Proposals to hold the World Cup every two years, being pushed by governing body FIFA, are set to be opposed by UEFA and Europe's leading clubs, sources h...
Sep 03, 2021
Exclusive-‘They’ll kill us’ – Afghan pilots held at Uzbek camp fear deadly homecoming
By Phil Stewart (Reuters) - The U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and others held at a camp in Uzbekistan already feared being sent back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So it was little comfort when an Uzbek g...
Sep 03, 2021
Early Canada election call backfires on Trudeau, who now trails in polls
By David Ljunggren MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finds himself behind in polls ahead of a snap election he called hoping his management of the COVID-19 crisis wou...
Sep 03, 2021
U.S. ends Zurich bank ZKB’s criminal tax evasion case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government is ending its criminal case against Zuercher Kantonalbank for helping wealthy Americans evade taxes, after the Zurich lender paid $98.5 million and complied wi...
Sep 03, 2021
Blinken to travel to Qatar and Germany to hold meetings on Afghanistan
(In fourth paragraph, corrects to say "communication," not "commitment") WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday he would travel to Qatar on Sunday to meet with the...
Sep 03, 2021
Euro junk bond yields below inflation for first time
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) - Yields on euro area junk-rated bonds have fallen below the bloc's inflation rate for the first time, a further sign of the scarcity of assets offering investors any real r...
Sep 03, 2021
