Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. hedge fund Farallon accuses Toshiba of ‘backpedaling’ on strategy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Farallon Capital Management on Tuesday accused Toshiba Corp on Tuesday of "backpedaling" over its investment strategy, a charge the Japanese firm has dismissed. Farallon, Toshiba's s...
Mar 02, 2021
Vaccine exporter India says it has plenty of shots for its own people
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government assured Indians on Tuesday that there were plenty of COVID-19 vaccines for the country even though it has sent quantities overseas. It also urged states not to hor...
Mar 02, 2021
How private equity squeezes cash from the dying U.S. coal industry
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - Private equity firms are proving there's still plenty of profit in the U.S. coal industry despite a decade of falling demand for the fossil fuel. They are spending...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury blacklists two leaders of Yemen’s Houthi movement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two military leaders of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, accusing them of prolonging the country's civil war and exace...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. shale output won’t return to pre-pandemic levels: Occidental CEO
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The oil industry is recovering from a collapse in demand triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, but U.S. shale production will not recover to levels seen before the pandemic, Occi...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury names climate economist, tax partner to senior posts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury named new staff to senior tax and economic posts on Tuesday, including University of California-Berkeley professor Catherine Wolfram as deputy assistant secret...
Mar 02, 2021
Tokyo to ask for around 2-week extension of state of emergency: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo will ask the Japanese government to extend a state of emergency by about two weeks for the capital and three neighbouring prefectures due to a slowdown in the decline of COVID-...
Mar 02, 2021
Analysis: U.S. bond derivatives signal calm, but economic fundamentals could spur more sell-offs
By Kate Duguid and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a sharp sell-off last week U.S. Treasury debt has stabilized, with bond market indicators and derivatives positioning pointing to...
Mar 02, 2021
Beijing dismisses alleged Chinese hacking of Indian vaccine makers
By Yew Lun Tian and Krishna N. Das BEIJING/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China on Tuesday rejected an allegation by a cyber intelligence firm that a state-backed hacking group targeted the IT systems of two I...
Mar 02, 2021
Barcelona, Atletico ordered to further tighten belts by La Liga
(Reuters) - FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will have to cut down the costs of their squads by more than 35 million euros ($42.14 million) following new salary limits imposed by La Liga on Tuesday to...
Mar 02, 2021
