Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lazard snaps up PJT restructuring banker as COVID second wave hits
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - Lazard Ltd has hired restructuring banker Sam Whittaker from PJT Partners to oversee negotiations between companies and their creditors across Europe, the Middle...
Nov 01, 2020
Former FARC guerrillas march in Colombia to demand end to killings
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Hundreds of demobilized former members of the FARC rebel group marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand more security, implementation of a 2016 ...
Nov 01, 2020
Japan’s Zozo says new body-measuring suit overcomes flaws of original
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc says the successor to its "Zozosuit" body-measuring suit has solved the flaws that sank its earlier version. The original polk...
Nov 01, 2020
Australia’s central bank launches digital currency project
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Monday said it was launching a project to explore the potential use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency (CBDC) using di...
Nov 01, 2020
WHO chief says he is identified as contact of COVID-19 positive person
(Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, but added that he...
Nov 01, 2020
UK judge to deliver ruling in Johnny Depp libel case
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp will learn on Monday whether he has won his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a "wife beater", a verdict which will...
Nov 01, 2020
UK’s Nigel Farage set to relaunch Brexit Party as anti-lockdown party
(Reuters) - Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will relaunch the group as an anti-lockdown party called Reform UK in an attempt to fight anti-coronavirus measures imposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
Nov 01, 2020
UK’s Johnson says there is no alternative to lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday say there is no alternative but to lock down England as lawmakers prepare to vote on measures to contain a second wave of the COV...
Nov 01, 2020
Brazilians protest mandatory COVID-19 immunization, Chinese vaccine
By Amanda Perobelli and Pablo Garcia SAO PAULO (Reuters) - More than 300 Brazilians gathered on So Paulo's main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor Joo Doria's support for mand...
Nov 01, 2020
Trump’s election night party will be held at the White House, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will have his election night party on Tuesday in the East Room of the White House, a White House official said. About 400 people will attend the part...
Nov 01, 2020
