Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany hikes pandemic-related debt plans to more than 450 billion euros: document
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is set to continue massive deficit-spending in the COVID-19 pandemic with a debt-financed supplementary budget of some 60 billion euros for this year and a 2022 draft budget...
Mar 22, 2021
Scotland’s future hangs in balance as report into leader’s conduct awaited
LONDON (Reuters) - An independent report expected to rule on whether Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon broke a ministerial code of conduct will be published later on Monday, the Scottish gover...
Mar 22, 2021
Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern rail deal may boost price competition: analysts
(Reuters) - Canadian Pacific's $25 billion deal to buy Kansas City Southern and create a rail network from Canada to Mexico may increase industry price competition and is thus unlikely to face regulat...
Mar 22, 2021
Fed’s Barkin says he’ll ‘look through’ year-on-year inflation spikes
(Reuters) - Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin on Monday said that in coming months he won't be paying much attention to what he expects to be pretty large price spikes compared to ...
Mar 22, 2021
Two Venezuelan soldiers die in clashes with ‘irregular’ Colombian groups
CARACAS (Reuters) - Two Venezuelan soldiers died over the weekend in clashes with "irregular Colombian armed groups" near the border in southwestern Apure state, Venezuela's defense ministry said in a...
Mar 22, 2021
EU sanctions Russians over rights abuses in Chechnya
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on two Russians accused of persecuting gay and lesbian people in the southern Russian region of Chechnya, the bloc's toughest respon...
Mar 22, 2021
EU-Russia relations are ‘at a low point’: EU’s Michel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Relations between the European Union and Russia are at a low point, with disagreement in many areas, European Council President Charles Michel told Russian President Vladimir Puti...
Mar 22, 2021
Goldman CEO to junior bankers: we are giving you more resources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's top boss responded to complaints from junior bankers on Monday by saying management will work harder to enforce its "Saturday rule" and that they will sh...
Mar 22, 2021
League to hold in-person 2021 Draft in Cleveland with fans
(Reuters) - The 2021 NFL Draft will have a more familiar feel compared to the fully virtual one held last year amid the COVID-19 outbreak as it will feature select prospects and fans across several Cl...
Mar 22, 2021
‘Humanless protests’ gain traction in Myanmar as crackdown casualties climb
(Reuters) - In a patch of woodland in Myanmar's western Mon State, trees have been decorated with condoms and portraits of the military junta leader with a sign saying "Min Aung Hlaing's father should...
Mar 22, 2021
