Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China rare earths extend surge on worries over Myanmar supply, inspection threat
By Tom Daly (Reuters) - Looming inspections and concerns over Myanmar supplies are adding fresh momentum to a rally in prices of the rare earth minerals used in industries from turbines to telecoms th...
Mar 26, 2021
Tour de France to start from Bilbao in 2023 – organisers
PARIS (Reuters) - The 2023 Tour de France will set off from Bilbao, marking the sixth time in 10 editions that the world's most famous cycling race starts outside France, its organisers said on Friday...
Mar 26, 2021
Safaricom launches East Africa’s first 5G network, Huawei a vendor
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom has started trials for 5G high-speed internet network using technology from Nokia and Huawei, it said. Safaricom, part ...
Mar 26, 2021
Kremlin says it won’t respond to call from wife of jailed Kremlin critic Navalny to free him for medical reasons
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday it would not respond to a call by jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny's wife to have her husband freed to receive urgent medical treatment. Yulia ...
Mar 26, 2021
Veteran Thompson wins UK marathon trials in Kew Gardens
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran Chris Thompson, who turns 40 next month, produced a masterful performance to win the British Olympic Marathon trials in the unusual surroundings of London'...
Mar 26, 2021
EU watchdog proposes stronger money market defences to shocks
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's securities watchdog proposed reforms to bolster the resilience of money market funds to shocks after stresses emerged in turmoil that followed coronavirus econo...
Mar 26, 2021
French dentists and vets should be allowed to give COVID-19 shots – health authority
PARIS (Reuters) - French dentists and vets should be allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccination injections as France's supply of doses will increase greatly next month, the health authority said on Fr...
Mar 26, 2021
Global money market funds get highest inflows in 13 weeks, Lipper data show
(Reuters) - Global investors put more cash in safer money market funds in the week ended March 24, on resurgent worries over coronavirus infections and fresh lockdowns in some parts of Europe. Global ...
Mar 26, 2021
WeWork agrees to go public via $9 billion SPAC deal – WSJ
(Reuters) - WeWork has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm BowX Acquisition Corp that values the office-sharing startup at $9 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal rep...
Mar 26, 2021
UK’s top court backs Asda workers in equal pay dispute
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top court ruled on Friday that Asda's supermarket workers are entitled to compare themselves to workers at the group's distribution centres - a key victory for shop worker...
Mar 26, 2021
