Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Futures rise after upbeat results from Walmart, Home Depot
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures climbed on Tuesday after better-than-expected results from Walmart and Home Depot signaled strength in consumer demand against the backdrop of risin...
May 18, 2021
Cycling-Champions League heralds ‘mind-blowing’ new era for track cycling, say organisers
LONDON (Reuters) - The launch of a new Champions League format will elevate track cycling to another level and attract a wider fanbase when it launches in November, organisers believe. Starting in Mal...
May 18, 2021
Gamestop, AMC short sellers sit on nearly $1 billion loss – Ortex
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are estimated to have lost $930 million on their short positions in meme stocks GameStop and AMC Entertainment over the last five trading days, data from financial analyti...
May 18, 2021
Walmart beats estimates for sales on stimulus spending boost, raises profit forecast
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc raised its full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday and beat estimates for same-store sales as it benefited from additional stimulus checks that put more money in consumers' pocke...
May 18, 2021
Macy’s raises annual sales, earnings forecast as stores reopen
(Reuters) -Macy's Inc on Tuesday raised its forecast for annual sales and earnings, betting on pent-up demand as shoppers vaccinated for the coronavirus return to stores after an year of staying at ho...
May 18, 2021
Donors pledge $340 million for Rohingya crisis: U.N. refugee agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - An appeal for nearly $1 billion to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is more than a third funded, the head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. Filippo Grandi told a U.N. ...
May 18, 2021
French regulator notes lack of signed-off accounts from tech firm Solutions 30
PARIS (Reuters) - France's AMF market regulator said on Tuesday that it had noted that Solutions 30 - a technology solutions company with shares listed in Paris - had not published an auditors' report...
May 18, 2021
Kyiv mayor says state security agents came to his doorstep
KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Tuesday that Ukrainian state security agents had come to his apartment in what he denounced as an attempt by his rival, President Volodymyr Zelensk...
May 18, 2021
Vietnam shuts industrial parks housing Foxconn plants after COVID-19 outbreak
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's northern province of Bac Giang ordered on Tuesday four industrial parks, including three that house production facilities of Taiwan's Foxconn, to temporarily shut down due ...
May 18, 2021
More than 15,000 people from Myanmar shelter in Indian border state – official
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The number of people from Myanmar seeking shelter in India has swelled to more than 15,000, with more likely to cross over as fighting intensifies in parts Mya...
May 18, 2021
