Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Loan officers say ‘restrictive’ terms of Fed Main Street program hampered lending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sample of U.S. banks say they expect loan demand from businesses targeted by the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program to increase in coming months, but also gave no c...
Sep 29, 2020
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: Israeli PM is lying about group’s missile sites
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Tuesday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was lying about missile sites in Lebanon. "A short while ...
Sep 29, 2020
Disney plans ‘Lion King’ follow-up film with ‘Moonlight’ director
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is developing a follow-up to its 2019 retelling of "The Lion King" under the direction of Oscar-winning "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins. The original 1994 ani...
Sep 29, 2020
Brazil government posts $17 billion budget deficit in August as emergency spending continues apace
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government posted a primary budget deficit of 96.1 billion reais ($17 billion) in August, the Treasury said on Monday, as the coronavirus crisis continu...
Sep 29, 2020
Spain watchdog determines Amazon needs to heed mail service rules
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it had determined that U.S. tech giant Amazon operates as a mail service in Spain and has to comply with specific rules within one mon...
Sep 29, 2020
Rublev back from brink to beat Querrey in five
PARIS (Reuters) - Russian 13th seed Andrey Rublev came back from the brink to beat American Sam Querrey in five sets at the French Open on Tuesday. Trailing by two sets and 5-2 to the big-serving Quer...
Sep 29, 2020
Factbox: How a Biden presidency would transform the U.S. energy landscape
(Reuters) - Should Joe Biden win November's U.S. presidential election, there could be a number of changes in energy policy. Here are the issues at stake: INTERNATIONAL OIL SUPPLIES President Donald T...
Sep 29, 2020
Money market turmoil in March shows past reforms may be insufficient -U.S. Treasury official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turmoil in money market mutual funds sparked by the coronavirus pandemic in March shows that decade-old reforms to the industry may not be sufficient to avert major outflows dur...
Sep 29, 2020
Fed’s Williams sees about three years for full U.S. recovery
(Reuters) - The U.S. recovery from the coronavirus-linked recession has been more robust than expected, a top Federal Reserve policymaker said on Tuesday, though he added it could be about three years...
Sep 29, 2020
Finland orders bars, restaurants to shut at 1 a.m. to help contain COVID
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government on Tuesday ordered all bars and restaurants to close at 1 a.m. and to stop alcohol sales at midnight starting Oct. 8 to help contain the spread of COVID-19. "...
Sep 29, 2020
