Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed’s Kaplan says infrastructure spending is a ‘positive’
(Reuters) - On the day the Biden Administration announced a $2 trillion 10-year spending plan to build roads and bridges among other capital projects, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kapl...
Mar 31, 2021
Suspected Islamists kill 23 civilians in eastern Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 23 civilians in an overnight raid on a village near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the provin...
Mar 31, 2021
U.S. industry hurt by some imports of common alloy aluminum sheet: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industry is "materially injured" by imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from 16 countries that are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by th...
Mar 31, 2021
Banks win dismissal of litigation alleging rigging of U.S. Treasury securities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed litigation accusing 10 large banks of conspiring to suppress competition in the multi-trillion dollar market for U.S. Treasury securities. The ...
Mar 31, 2021
Mexico’s economy seen at pre-pandemic levels in early 2022
By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's economy is seen growing at a quick pace in 2021 and reaching pre-pandemic levels by the beginning of 2022, after suffering its steepest recession s...
Mar 31, 2021
U.S. grants 120-day waiver for Iraq to pay for electricity from Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has renewed a waiver allowing Iraq to pay for electricity imported from Iran, this time giving Baghdad 120 days to reduce its energy dependence on neighboring ...
Mar 31, 2021
Iconic French sports stadium prepares to be vaccination centre
SAINT-DENIS, France (Reuters) - The French stadium that hosted World Cup finals in soccer and rugby is taking on a new role in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: it is becoming a vaccination centre. W...
Mar 31, 2021
Dua Lipa, Celeste and Arlo Parks lead BRITs nominations
LONDON (Reuters) - Singers Dua Lipa, Celeste and Arlo Parks led nominations for the BRITs on Wednesday, with the three female singers scoring three nods each at Britain's pop music honours, organisers...
Mar 31, 2021
Coronavirus surge could be worse than the last for the Americas: PAHO
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Countries in the Americas could see a worse surge in coronavirus cases than the previous surge last year, with Brazil, Uruguay and Cuba already suffering more, the Pan American He...
Mar 31, 2021
Brazil detects new COVID-19 variant similar to South African: Butantan chief
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has detected a new COVID-19 variant in Sao Paulo state that is similar to the one first seen in South Africa, Dimas Covas, the president of the state's Butantan biomedical...
Mar 31, 2021
