Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy’s Conte seeking stray senators to save struggling coalition
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte worked the phones on Friday, trying to secure enough votes in parliament to allow him to stay in power after a junior ally qui...
Jan 15, 2021
ECB’s Stournaras: Many euro zone banks underestimate credit losses from pandemic
ATHENS (Reuters) - Many euro zone banks underestimate credit losses they are likely to incur from the COVID-19 pandemic and supervisors will focus on asset quality this year, European Central Bank Gov...
Jan 15, 2021
PepsiCo suspends all political contributions
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc said on Friday it would suspend political donations, joining a long list of companies that are re-evaluating or halting political donations following a move to challenge U.S. P...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. retail sales fall again in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales declined further in December as renewed measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 undercut spending at restaurants and reduced traffic to shopping malls, the lat...
Jan 15, 2021
Mexico president backs decision not to charge ex-defense minister Cienfuegos
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government supported a decision by his attorney general not to charge ex-Defense Minister General Salvado...
Jan 15, 2021
Argentine major winner Cabrera arrested in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera, a two-time major winner, was arrested in Brazil on Thursday in connection with assault charges leveled against him in his homeland, police an...
Jan 15, 2021
Indonesia president says sovereign wealth fund to collect $20 billion within next two months
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's soon-to-be launched sovereign wealth fund is targeting $20 billion in investment in the next few months, President Joko Widodo said. "Maybe in the next two months, the ...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. plans new Iran sanctions related to metals, conventional arms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce additional Iran sanctions on Friday related to conventional arms and to the metals industry, sources familiar with the matter said. The sourc...
Jan 15, 2021
Sweden registers 4,703 new COVID-19 cases, 138 deaths on Friday
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered 4,703 new coronavirus cases since Thursday, Health Agency statistics showed on Friday. Th...
Jan 15, 2021
Citigroup quarterly profit beats estimates as loan loss provisions slow
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc reported a 7% decline in fourth-quarter profit on Friday but easily beat Wall Street expectations, as an improving economic outlook allowed it to release cash it had previous...
Jan 15, 2021
