Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dollar on the defensive as U.S. leaders meet on stimulus, pound buoyed by Brexit hopes
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished near 2 1/2-year lows on Wednesday as progress toward a massive U.S. government spending bill and COVID-19 relief measures whetted risk appetit...
Dec 15, 2020
BOJ loads up $6 billion in ammunition to combat potential market turmoil
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan has decided to tap $6 billion in cash from a government account in a rare arrangement to ensure it has enough ammunition to combat any market disrup...
Dec 15, 2020
Chile reserves seats for indigenous as it prepares to rewrite Constitution
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean lawmakers late on Tuesday approved a bill to reserve 17 of 155 seats for representatives of indigenous communities in its upcoming constitutional convention, a measure lau...
Dec 15, 2020
Mexico reports 11,228 new coronavirus cases, 801 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday reported 11,228 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 801 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,267,202 c...
Dec 15, 2020
Coalition of U.S. states likely to file new antitrust lawsuit against Google – Politico
(Reuters) - A coalition of states in the United States is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google alleging that it altered the designs of its search engine to the disadvant...
Dec 15, 2020
Busiest U.S. seaport, buried in imports, plucks out toys to load Santa’s sleigh
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Workers at the busiest U.S. seaport are plucking containers of toys off ships and out of massive stacks of cargo swamping docks at the Southern California tra...
Dec 15, 2020
Fosun Pharma to import 100 million doses of BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to China
(Reuters) - Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said on Wednesday that BioNTech SE will supply at least 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, if approved, to mainland China next year. China has n...
Dec 15, 2020
Factbox: The Biden Cabinet – president-elect fills out his team
(Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team, working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United St...
Dec 15, 2020
South Korea reports 1,078 new coronavirus cases, highest since start of pandemic – KDCA
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 1,078 new coronavirus cases, the highest since the start of the pandemic, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Wednesday. The latest nu...
Dec 15, 2020
Sexism still rife in Hollywood despite #MeToo uproar, survey finds
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three years after the #MeToo scandal roiled Hollywood, causing dozens of powerful men to lose their jobs, two-thirds of women who took part in a survey of the entertainment bus...
Dec 15, 2020
