Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Federal student loan payments suspended until end of January
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Friday said the suspension of federal student loans payments and accruing interest set to end on Dec. 31 will be extended anot...
Dec 04, 2020
Index provider FTSE Russell says will drop shares of eight Chinese companies
BOSTON (Reuters) - Index provider FTSE Russell said on Friday it will delete shares of eight Chinese companies from certain products after a U.S. order barring trading of firms linked to the Chinese m...
Dec 04, 2020
Costa Rica aims for IMF talks over loan in early 2021
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica aims to begin talks with the International Monetary Fund in the first few weeks of 2021 in search of a loan to help weather a funding crisis which the coronavirus pande...
Dec 04, 2020
Activision sues Netflix over poaching of former finance chief
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc sued Netflix Inc on Friday, alleging that the video-streaming giant engaged in "unlawfully poaching" company executives, including its former finance chief, Spencer...
Dec 04, 2020
Biden plans scaled-back inauguration to avoid spreading coronavirus in crowds
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Setting a sharp contrast with President Donald Trump, whose administration began with a fight over the size of his inaugural crowds, President-elect Joe Biden said on Frid...
Dec 04, 2020
Chinese professor pleads guilty to lying to FBI in Huawei-related case
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - A Chinese professor accused by U.S. prosecutors of helping steal American technology to benefit China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Friday pleaded guilty to lying to th...
Dec 04, 2020
Argentina 2020 economic drop seen tightening to 10.9%: central bank poll
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's economy is set to contract 10.9% in 2020, according to a central bank survey of economists on Friday, an improved outlook versus the month-earlier estimate of an 1...
Dec 04, 2020
United Airlines unveils plan to protect tax assets
(Reuters) - United Airlines Holdings Inc said on Friday it had adopted a tax benefits preservation plan to protect the company's ability to use its large net operating loss carryforwards to reduce fut...
Dec 04, 2020
Trump campaign says it has filed election lawsuit in Georgia state court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaign of President Donald Trump says it has filed a lawsuit in Georgia state court seeking to invalidate the presidential election results there - the latest in a series ...
Dec 04, 2020
San Francisco mayor announces stay-at-home order, business restrictions
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - The mayor of San Francisco on Friday said she and political leaders across the Bay Area were imposing new lockdown orders and business restrictions in the face of a surge i...
Dec 04, 2020
