Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil interest rates to reach neutral level in 2022: cenbank director
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark Selic interest rate is set to reach its neutral level next year, a central bank director said on Thursday, adding that policymakers' baseline ...
Apr 08, 2021
Mexico cenbank says pause in interest rate cuts doesn’t mean easing cycle over
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A pause in the Bank of Mexico's monetary policy easing cycle at its last meeting does not mean the cycle has ended and board members will be on the lookout for conditions that ...
Apr 08, 2021
Exclusive: GameStop’s strong stock performance triggered board director’s exit
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Hestia Capital Partners LP managing director Kurt Wolf joined GameStop Corp's board to make the U.S. video game retailer more valuable. Then it became too valuable f...
Apr 08, 2021
Southwest Airlines recalls over 2,700 flight attendants for summer
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Thursday it is recalling all flight attendants who joined a voluntary extended time-off program introduced last year during the coronavirus pandemic. Southwest, ...
Apr 08, 2021
Italy PM Draghi appeals for elderly to get vaccine priority
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday vaccines should for now on only be given to the elderly and appealed to regional governments and ...
Apr 08, 2021
Egypt to produce up to 80 million Sinovac vaccine doses annually, minister says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has agreed with China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine domestically, and could produce up to 80 million doses a year, the health ministry said on Thurs...
Apr 08, 2021
U.S.’s Blinken reaffirms strategic partnership in call with Jordan’s king
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan's King Abdullah on Thursday and "reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to its strategic partnership with Jordan," a U.S. State ...
Apr 08, 2021
U.S. House bill seeks $8 billion for abandoned oil and gas well cleanup
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A New Mexico Democrat will introduce a bill on Thursday authorizing $8 billion to plug and clean up abandoned oil wells nationwide, a measure aimed at creating jobs for oi...
Apr 08, 2021
State Dept says Good Friday accord should not become a ‘casualty’ of Brexit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday the Good Friday Agreement protecting peace in Northern Ireland must not become "a casualty" of Brexit after more than a week of violence fuele...
Apr 08, 2021
Mexican Senate leader suggests postponing debate on landmark cannabis bill
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate majority leader said on Thursday lawmakers may postpone the debate on a landmark bill that would decriminalize cannabis, a potential setback to creating one of ...
Apr 08, 2021
