Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hedge fund Elliott Management to shutter Hong Kong office
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management is closing its Hong Kong office after moving responsibility for its Asian investment decisions to London and Tokyo over the...
Jan 19, 2021
Trump fraud claims open Republican rift in Texas and other red states
By Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter LEVELLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Pat Cowan, a Republican official in west Texas, would rather blow up her party than see it controlled by "weak" Republicans who increas...
Jan 19, 2021
Russia’s Putin marks Orthodox Epiphany with icy dip
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in nothing but a pair of blue swimming trunks, immersed himself in the freezing water of a cross-shaped pool near Moscow on Tuesday, observ...
Jan 19, 2021
Logitech says company can grow after COVID-19 boom
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech International will grow in a post-coronavirus world, Chief Executive Bracken Darrell said on Tuesday, as the rise in home working and playing during the pand...
Jan 19, 2021
“Act big” on stimulus, Biden’s Treasury nominee Yellen to tell lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Janet Yellen, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, will urge lawmakers on Tuesday to "act big" on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that th...
Jan 19, 2021
FTC chair says will resign along with senior staff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Joseph Simons, said on Tuesday that he would resign effect January 29, along with members of his senior staff. (Reporting by Diane ...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. exempts aid groups from blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has exempted various aid groups, including the United Nations and the Red Cross, from Yemen-related sanctions, according to a notice posted to the U.S. Departm...
Jan 19, 2021
Electric vehicle startup Rivian adds $2.65 billion investment led by T. Rowe Price
DETROIT (Reuters) - Electric vehicle startup Rivian, which is backed by Amazon and Ford Motor and aims to put an electric pickup and SUV in production this year, said on Tuesday it boosted its war che...
Jan 19, 2021
Tunisian protesters revive ‘Arab Spring’ chant to demand government’s fall
TUNIS (Reuters) - Protesters rallied in Tunisia's capital on Tuesday after several nights of street violence, reviving the chant that rang a decade ago in a revolution that brought in democracy: "the ...
Jan 19, 2021
Hedge funds returns at 11-year-highs in 2020: data
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Global hedge funds posted average returns last year of 11.6%, the best year for the industry since 2009, as they took advantage of market volatility due to the pand...
Jan 19, 2021
