Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU-China deal grinds into reverse after tit-for-tat sanctions
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fewer than three months after it was agreed, progress to pass an EU-China deal giving European companies better access to Chinese markets has sharply reversed...
Mar 23, 2021
Murray pulls out of Miami Open with groin injury
(Reuters) - Former champion Andy Murray has pulled out of the Miami Open due to a groin injury, the ATP Tour confirmed on Tuesday. Murray is ranked 119th in the world after long injury lay-offs due to...
Mar 23, 2021
COVID-19 surging dangerously in Brazil, WHO Americas branch warns
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The coronavirus is surging "dangerously" across Brazil, the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, warned on Tuesday, urging all Br...
Mar 23, 2021
Spain lifts ban on UK arrivals from March 30
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government said on Tuesday it was lifting a ban on travel from Britain, three months after suspending flights for all but a few exceptions over concerns about the Britis...
Mar 23, 2021
Wealth managers still in crypto ‘education mode’, Fidelity says
By Tom Wilson and Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Most wealth managers and financial advisors are still in "education mode" on cryptocurrencies but demand for the emerging asset class among larger inve...
Mar 23, 2021
Saudi urges Lebanese politicians to speed up deal on new government
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ambassador called on Lebanese political parties to quickly form a new government that will have to pull the country from financial crisis, after months of political w...
Mar 23, 2021
Swiss supreme court reverses freeze on Angolan tycoon’s $900 million fortune
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Switzerland's top court this month ruled against a freeze on $900 million belonging to a jailed Angolan businessman, citing insufficient evidence for money launderi...
Mar 23, 2021
GoPuff raises $1.15 billion at nearly $9 billion valuation from SoftBank, others
(Reuters) - U.S. delivery start-up goPuff said on Tuesday it has raised $1.15 billion in a new round of funding from investors including SoftBank, bringing its valuation to $8.9 billion. The latest fu...
Mar 23, 2021
Stellantis’ war on costs in Italy begins with the toilets, unions say
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis' campaign to reduce costs has led to cuts in cleaning services and the number of toilets available in Italian factories, where production is ...
Mar 23, 2021
WTO DG says “disappointed” in EU vaccine export restrictions
GENEVA (Reuters) - The director-general of the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday she was disappointed in the European Union's export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines, saying that she ...
Mar 23, 2021
