Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New Suez crisis adds to pandemic supply worries for European, U.S. retailers
By Lisa Baertlein, Jonathan Saul and Anna Ringstrom LOS ANGELES/London (Reuters) - A stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal threatens to make it even more difficult for European and U.S. reta...
Mar 26, 2021
MMA: UFC261 warn ticket holders of ‘death’ and ‘permanent damage’ from COVID-19
(Reuters) - UFC261 set for next month in Jacksonville, Florida sold out in minutes on Friday, with tickets that were issued carrying a warning of a threat of possible "death" and "permanent damage" fr...
Mar 26, 2021
Children’s book author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104: publisher
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Children's book author Beverly Cleary, who responded to a young reader's plea for realistic characters by bringing rare insight and humor to the lives of Ramona Quimby, Henry H...
Mar 26, 2021
Deutsche Bank can sue Madoff feeder funds over $1.6 billion claims sale
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Friday Deutsche Bank AG may sue two offshore funds for allegedly reneging on an agreement to sell the German bank $1.6 billion of claims i...
Mar 26, 2021
Leon Black to step down as MoMA chairman – NYT
(Reuters) - Leon Black, co-founder of private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc, would not stand for re-election as chairman of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the New York Times reported on F...
Mar 26, 2021
North Korea says Biden’s criticism on latest missile test encroached its right to self-defence
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday that U.S. President Joe Biden had revealed his deep-seated hostility toward Pyongyang and encroached its right to self-defence by criticising its latest ...
Mar 26, 2021
Brazil prosecutors to investigate Vale over Steinmetz complaint
By Gram Slattery and Clara Denina RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro police have begun investigating allegations brought by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz that Brazilian miner Vale illegall...
Mar 26, 2021
Biden says he suggested to UK’s Johnson a plan to rival China’s Belt and Road
NEW CASTLE, Del. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he suggested to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a phone call on Friday that democratic countries should have an infrastructure plan t...
Mar 26, 2021
U.S. says Mexico plan to ban GMO corn imports does not apply to animal feed
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Friday that a Mexican plan to ban imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn would apply to grain used for human food...
Mar 26, 2021
Stellantis halting production at five North American plants next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stellantis said on Friday it will halt production at five North American plants next week because of the global microchip shortage. The Italian-American automaker will halt prod...
Mar 26, 2021
