Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: New York state pension fund backs activist nominees in Exxon proxy fight
(Reuters) - New York state's pension fund on Friday threw its support behind an activist fund's slate of nominees to Exxon Mobil Corp's board, heating up a proxy fight for the company's future. The Ex...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. new home sales rebound exceeds expectations in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded more than expected in March, likely boosted by an acute shortage of previously owned houses on the market. The Commerce Departmen...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. appeals court denies Dakota Access rehearing request
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday denied Dakota Access LLC's petition for a rehearing on an earlier court decision to cancel a key permit for the DAPL oil pipeline, court documents s...
Apr 23, 2021
‘The Best Show’? How Real Madrid’s Perez struck a deal too far
By Jess Aguado, Pamela Barbaglia and Elvira Pollina MADRID (Reuters) - Florentino Perez is not used to losing, either when signing soccer stars to grace the immaculate turf of Madrid's Santiago Bernab...
Apr 23, 2021
Italy’s 5-Star splits with web platform as it heads towards mainstream
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement on Friday parted company with its co-founders at the firm that provides its internet platform as new leadership transforms a protest party committed to web-bas...
Apr 23, 2021
Canada’s top court rules U.S.-based First Nation maintains rights across the border
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the descendants of the U.S.-based Sinixt nation maintained ancestral land rights even after members moved south in the 19th century, a la...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerates in early April; supply constraints worsening
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. factory activity powered ahead in early April, but manufacturers increasingly struggled to source raw materials and other inputs as a reopening economy le...
Apr 23, 2021
Russia jails aviation lecturer for 20 years for treason
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a senior lecturer at an aviation institute to 20 years in jail on Friday after finding him guilty on treason charges, it said, the latest in a series of su...
Apr 23, 2021
Film, TV firms call for content purge by China’s short video platforms
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 70 Chinese film and television show makers and associations called for short video platforms to immediately take down any of their content which was being used without au...
Apr 23, 2021
Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as COVID cases mount
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - By air, by train and by road, India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas hit hard by ...
Apr 23, 2021
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