Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Europe’s consumers face rising prices but the ECB is unfazed
By Mark John LONDON (Reuters) -Europe's consumers will feel the hit from price rises this year as companies seek to recoup revenues and cover pandemic-related costs. But for now, this is inflation the...
May 07, 2021
Amazon pauses annual Prime Day sale in India due to COVID-19
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has paused its annual Prime Day sale in India, a company spokeswoman said on Friday, as the country battles a severe second wave of coronavirus infections that has...
May 07, 2021
U.S. ready to lift many sanctions but Iran wants more – top Iran nuclear delegate
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has expressed its readiness to lift many of its sanctions on Iran at the Vienna nuclear talks but Tehran is demanding more, top Iranian negotiator Abbas Araqchi tol...
May 07, 2021
Hungary’s Orban: EU should approve vaccines shown to be effective elsewhere
By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said he would propose to European Union leaders that the bloc authorise all vaccines that have been shown to be saf...
May 07, 2021
France’s Macron: vaccine patents not the issue, it’s getting jabs out
(Reuters) - The question of whether there should be a waiver on COVID-19 vaccines is not the most critical issue right now, it is getting doses distributed across the world, French President Emmanuel ...
May 07, 2021
Richmond Fed’s Barkin: Low job growth sign of bottleneck in supply of workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The disappointing jobs report for April showed a bottleneck of workers moving into employment not a weakening recovery, Richmond Federal Reserve president Thomas Barkin said on ...
May 07, 2021
Investors turn net buyers of U.S. equity funds on economic optimism: Lipper
(Reuters) - Investors turned net buyers of U.S. equity funds in the seven days to May 5, helped by strong economic data and solid earnings growth, data from Refinitiv Lipper shows. Investors bought a ...
May 07, 2021
U.S. TV firm Tegna defeats hedge fund Standard General in proxy vote
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Tegna shareholders re-elected all 12 directors to the U.S. regional TV station operator's board, handing victory to management and rebuffing hedge fund Standa...
May 07, 2021
U.S. Treasury appoints Fed’s Hsu as acting Comptroller of the Currency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said she will appoint Federal Reserve banking supervisor Michael Hsu as First Deputy of the Office of the Comptroller of the Curre...
May 07, 2021
Spain’s regions at odds over keeping COVID curfew
MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque Country's top court on Friday ruled that the region must stop its current COVID-19 curfew, while a court in Valencia approved continuing the measure, in a sign of the con...
May 07, 2021
