Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary PM requests renewed special mandate to fight pandemic
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday asked parliament to extend the government's special rights to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that only vaccinations can allow...
Feb 15, 2021
Philippines says wants more than ‘loose change’ for U.S. troops deal
MANILA (Reuters) - The United States is providing the Philippines with military aid that amounts to "loose change" compared to other Asian countries, a top official said on Monday, justifying demands ...
Feb 15, 2021
Ex-UniCredit CEO Mustier, LVMH’s Arnault form SPAC for financial deals
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Former UniCredit boss Jean-Pierre Mustier is teaming up with France's richest man Bernard Arnault to launch a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) aimed at E...
Feb 15, 2021
Karofsky to run UBS investment bank as Novelli joins Euronext
ZURICH/PARIS (Reuters) - Robert Karofsky will become sole president of UBS Group's investment bank when Piero Novelli leaves at the end of next month to become chairman of stock exchange operator Euro...
Feb 15, 2021
Twitter a goldmine for tracking consumer mood on prices, Bank of Italy finds
By Stefano Bernabei ROME (Reuters) - The Bank of Italy said on Monday a set of experimental indicators it created from the content of millions of tweets accurately tracked consumer mood on price, offe...
Feb 15, 2021
No-nonsense Nigerian woman to be named boss in double first for WTO
By Emma Farge, Alexis Akwagyiram and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) - Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to recei...
Feb 15, 2021
Suspected Islamists kill 16 in eastern Congo attack
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed three soldiers and 13 civilians and burnt down a church in a raid on a village in Democratic Republic ...
Feb 15, 2021
France fines Google 1.1 million euros over hotel rankings practices
PARIS (Reuters) - Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay a 1.1 million euros ($1.34 million) fine after a probe found that Google's hotel rankings could be misleading for consumers, Franc...
Feb 15, 2021
Brilliant Barty sweeps into Melbourne quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ash Barty made light of the challenge of unseeded American Shelby Rogers with a commanding 6-3 6-4 victory to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the third year i...
Feb 15, 2021
Injured Berrettini withdraws to send Tsitsipas into last eight
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Matteo Berrettini withdrew from his Australian Open fourth-round match against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday due to an abdominal strain, the Italian ninth seed said. Berrett...
Feb 15, 2021
