Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK watchdog looks to ‘open banking’ apps to help boost competition
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog wants a new independent banking industry body to accelerate take-up of "open banking" apps to spawn new fintech companies and offer more ...
Mar 05, 2021
Explainer: How the EU will respond to Britain’s Northern Ireland move
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has promised legal action after the British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland,...
Mar 05, 2021
Czech Republic asks Germany, Switzerland and Poland for help with COVID patients: health ministry
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic has asked Germany, Switzerland and Poland for help with COVID patients as the situation in its own hospitals is critical, Prague's Health Ministry said on Friday....
Mar 05, 2021
Adesanya aims to join UFC’s exclusive “champ champ” club
By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya could join an elite group at UFC 259 in Las Vegas on Saturday by holding two belts simultaneously in different weight classes, but ...
Mar 05, 2021
Glitch hampers Hungary’s vaccination drive as COVID-19 cases rise
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary said on Friday it would have to delay the vaccination of tens of thousands of people after a bureaucratic glitch disrupted its distribution of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot....
Mar 05, 2021
Britain tells EU: Vaccine export restrictions endanger COVID fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said that restrictions on the export of COVID-19 vaccines could endanger the global fight against the virus, adding that it expected the European Union to honour commitments...
Mar 05, 2021
Tantrums come and go, but the Fed insists it will stay the course
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investors pushed up U.S. bond yields again on Thursday in apparent pique over Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's reluctance to promise even more support f...
Mar 05, 2021
Euro zone inflation spike seen short-lived, under ECB target for years: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - A pick-up in euro zone inflation is unlikely to be sustained and slow recovery from a pandemic-induced recession will keep price growth under the European Centr...
Mar 05, 2021
UK’s Prince Philip transferred back to private hospital, Buckingham Palace says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, has been transferred back to a private hospital after successfully undergoing a procedure to treat a heart condi...
Mar 05, 2021
Brazil industrial output rises in January, but at slowest pace in nine months
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Industrial production in Brazil rose in January for a ninth straight month, figures showed on Friday, but it was the slowest rate in that period, offering anothe...
Mar 05, 2021
