Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian central bank blocks effort by private investors to coordinate on stocks via Telegram
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Wednesday it had ordered brokers to block the accounts of more than 60 private investors it suspected of coordinating in a Telegram channel to try to r...
Mar 10, 2021
France to get extra 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in coming weeks: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The supply of an additional 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses drugmakers from Pfizer and BioNTech for Europe in the next two weeks will boost vaccines available in France by around 60...
Mar 10, 2021
Ex-soccer goalkeeper seeks to save Peru from history of graft
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - George Forsyth, a former professional soccer goalkeeper, is targeting Peru's angry youth to help his candidacy at presidential elections next month, pledging to turn t...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. lawmakers to introduce antitrust bills to protect news media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative David Cicilline will introduce legislation on Wednesday aimed at making it easier for news o...
Mar 10, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s PIF signs $15 billion loan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, said on Wednesday it has signed a $15 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility with a group of 17 banks, whi...
Mar 10, 2021
Apple to set up silicon design centre in Germany, invest $1.2 billion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Apple said on Wednesday it would establish a European silicon design centre in Munich, Germany, and invest more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) over the next three years in expa...
Mar 10, 2021
Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Facebook said on Wednesday it was launching a "lite" version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and vid...
Mar 10, 2021
Credit Suisse employees step aside after Greensill collapse: memo
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Iain Withers ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Credit Suisse's European asset management division and two other employees who worked on the bank's Greensill Capital supply-c...
Mar 10, 2021
Black, Hispanic Americans lag in COVID-19 vaccination as outreach efforts struggle
By Nick Brown (Reuters) - It's a life-threatening problem that's been long predicted - but that few in the government or private sectors have yet done much to solve. Now the consequences are hitting s...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. House set for final approval of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill in early win for Biden
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is poised on Wednesday for his first major legislative victory when the House of Representatives is expected to approve his $1.9 trillion COV...
Mar 10, 2021
