Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White supremacist sentenced to nearly 20 years in plot to bomb Colorado synagogue
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist was sentenced on Friday to 19-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty months ago to a federal hate-crimes case stemming from a botched...
Feb 26, 2021
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors weigh new stock leadership as broader market wobbles
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A shakeup in stocks accelerated by the past week's surge in Treasury yields has investors weighing how far a recent leadership rotation in the U.S. equity marke...
Feb 26, 2021
Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID bill advances to House floor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee on Friday approved rules for debating legislation containing President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion plan to address the human and ...
Feb 26, 2021
Donald Trump’s niece blasts his ‘chutzpah’ toward her fraud lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's niece accused him on Friday of trying to dodge accountability for defrauding her out of a multimillion dollar inheritance by claiming she took t...
Feb 26, 2021
Myanmar envoy appeals to UN to stop coup; more protests planned
(Reuters) - Myanmar's U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use "any means necessary" to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down...
Feb 26, 2021
Time’s Up criticizes lack of Black members among Golden Globes voters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Time's Up movement on Friday launched a campaign criticizing the lack of diversity in the organization that hands out the Golden Globes for film and television. Two days be...
Feb 26, 2021
IMF to propose ways to improve transparency of trade in SDR currency reserve
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it would propose ways to improve the transparency and accountability of how its Special Drawing Rights are used, ...
Feb 26, 2021
Electric firm Griddy loses access to Texas grid, customers shifted to rivals
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas's power grid operator on Friday canceled Griddy Energy LLC's access to the state's power network, and shifted all its customers to other utilities, according to a notice by t...
Feb 26, 2021
Brazil’s capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - The governor of Brazil's capital city, Brasilia, decreed a 24-hour lockdown for all but essential services on Friday to curb a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that h...
Feb 26, 2021
SoftBank reaches settlement with former WeWork CEO Neumann
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it has reached a settlement with WeWork's special committee and the company's co-founder and former chief executive, Adam Neumann, putting to rest a lega...
Feb 26, 2021
