Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stock-picking hedge funds land investors double-digit gains in 2020
By Maiya Keidan (Reuters) - The average hedge fund underperformed the wider stock market in 2020 but saw less volatility while stock-picking funds got a lift from technology and stay-at-home shares in...
Dec 29, 2020
A historic oil price collapse, with worries headed into 2021
By Stephanie Kelly and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year was like no other for oil prices. Even as global prices end the year at about $51 a barrel, near the average for 2015-2017, i...
Dec 29, 2020
Analysis: Thumbs up for emerging markets’ QE experiment but risks loom
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Many emerging markets emulated their developed peers this year with bond-buying programmes that successfully tamped down borrowing costs, yet unease is also stir...
Dec 29, 2020
Police launch probe after Breonna Taylor statue smashed in Oakland, California
(Reuters) - Police said it was investigating what appeared to be an act of vandalism after a statue of Breonna Taylor erected to honour her memory was smashed in Oakland, California. The Oakland Polic...
Dec 29, 2020
Philippines expands travel ban to limit spread of coronavirus variant
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will ban travellers from 19 countries and territories until mid-January as a measure to keep out a new variant of the coronavirus, its transport ministry said on Tue...
Dec 29, 2020
Ant plans holding company with regulation similar to bank: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Ant Group Co is considering to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, Bloomberg News reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dec 28, 2020
India reports six cases of new UK variant of coronavirus
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian health authorities said on Tuesday they had found six people who had returned from Britain in recent weeks positive for the new more infectious strain of the coronavirus. ...
Dec 28, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 12,892 -RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 12,892 to 1,664,726, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The repor...
Dec 28, 2020
China’s factory activity likely sustained strong expansion in December: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity likely maintained a solid pace of expansion in December, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, as the world's second-largest economy steadily recovers from the...
Dec 28, 2020
Bangladesh moves second group of Rohingya refugees to remote island
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh started moving a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, a naval official told Reuters, despite opposition from righ...
Dec 28, 2020
