Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-Goldman Sachs President Cohn has not returned pay after 1MDB clawbacks: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has failed to persuade former president Gary Cohn to return over $10 million he received in pay, as part of the bank's effort to reclaim executive compensation over the 1MDB ...
Dec 02, 2020
Biden plans to keep Wray as FBI director: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will not remove Christopher Wray as FBI director if he is still in the job when the Democratic president takes office, the New York Times reported on W...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S judge hearing Google case rejects government’s protective order request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google urged the government on Wednesday to narrow the definition of "highly sensiti...
Dec 02, 2020
Foreign direct investment in Latin America to plunge by half in 2020 – U.N. agency
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is likely to plunge by around 50% in 2020, as the region struggles to confront the coronavirus pande...
Dec 02, 2020
Biden adviser Campbell sees China’s Asia trade focus as ‘wake-up call’
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new China-backed Asia-Pacific trade deal and Beijing's interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be "a real wake up call" to the ...
Dec 02, 2020
2020 likely world’s second hottest year, U.N. says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. Five data sets currently place 20...
Dec 02, 2020
Berkshire’s TTI denies Chinese military ties with Hong Kong unit
(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's TTI Inc, a distributor of electronic components, on Wednesday said it had no links between its Hong Kong unit and the Chinese military after the U.S. Department of...
Dec 02, 2020
OHSP urges caution on roadways as winter season nears
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — As snow begins to fall in some areas of the state, the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OSHP) is launching its winter driving safety campaign to remind driv...
Dec 02, 2020
Sun Life Financial appoints insider Kevin Strain as CEO
(Reuters) - Canada's second-biggest life insurer Sun Life Financial Inc appointed finance head Kevin Strain as its chief executive on Wednesday, replacing Dean Connor who will retire in August after a...
Dec 02, 2020
Treasury chief backs $20 billion for U.S. airlines payroll
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he backs another $20 billion in additional government payroll support for U.S. airlines. "I think th...
Dec 02, 2020
