Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French banks told to speed up response to climate change
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - French banks and insurers should speed up their response to climate change, France's banking regulator said on Tuesday, after publishing what it called the world's firs...
May 04, 2021
Thomson Reuters reports higher first quarter revenue, operating profit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp reported higher quarterly revenue and operating profit on Tuesday and said its full-year sales growth will be at the high end of its original estimates. Adjus...
May 04, 2021
Analysis: Punch-drunk airlines seek succour from transatlantic opening
By Laurence Frost and Sarah Young PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Diplomatic moves to ease transatlantic air travel could unleash fierce competition to entice passengers back into near-empty cabins at a time...
May 04, 2021
VAST triples valuation to $3.7 billion after Tiger Global-led investment
(Reuters) - Software storage company VAST Data said on Tuesday it had tripled its valuation in a year to $3.7 billion after raising $83 million in a funding round led by investment giant Tiger Global ...
May 04, 2021
EU calls for calm in Colombia protests, condemns deaths
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union called on Colombia's security forces to avoid a heavy-handed response to street protests over a proposed tax reform, calling for calm and condemning the violenc...
May 04, 2021
CVS Health profit rises nearly 11% on drug store sales
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp reported a 10.5% rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped in part by higher sales at its drug stores, with more customers seeking COVID-19 tests and vaccinations. Th...
May 04, 2021
Australian PM hears emotional plea for Cameroonian asylum-seekers
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A woman approached Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison in tears on Tuesday after he held a news conference in Queensland, as she made an emotional plea for him to help her fam...
May 04, 2021
Taliban launches huge Afghan offensive after deadline for U.S. pullout
By Zainullah Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH (Reuters) - Afghan security forces fought back a huge Taliban offensive in southern Helmand province in the last 24 hours, officials and residents said on Tuesday, a...
May 04, 2021
Japanese journalist charged in Myanmar for spreading false news
(Reuters) - A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar last month has been charged with spreading false news, an official at the Japanese embassy in Yangon said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on media si...
May 04, 2021
DuPont raises 2021 forecast on robust demand from chip, auto makers
(Reuters) - Industrial materials maker DuPont raised its full-year profit and revenue forecasts and breezed past first-quarter expectations on Tuesday, boosted by demand from chip companies as well as...
May 04, 2021
