Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook’s renamed cryptocurrency is still ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’: German Finance Minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - It will take more than renaming Facebook's cryptocurrency to address the concerns regulators have about authorising its launch in Germany and Europe, German Finance Minister Olaf Sc...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. imposes sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on 14 Chinese officials on Monday, the U.S. Treasury's website showed, in new designations linked to Beijing's disqualification of ...
Dec 07, 2020
Bottas looks to be on borrowed time at Mercedes
By Abhishek Takle MANAMA (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas looks increasingly on borrowed time at Mercedes after George Russell showed the Formula One world champions just how good he can be. Russell, 22, w...
Dec 07, 2020
Young Egyptian finds fortune in scorpions
CAIRO (Reuters) - Several years ago, a young Egyptian man abandoned his degree in archaeology to hunt scorpions in the country's deserts and shores, extracting their venom for medicinal use. At just 2...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. AstraZeneca vaccine trial will clear confusion on how well it works -U.S. scientist
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top U.S. scientist overseeing COVID-19 vaccine trials expects a large U.S. study to determine how effective AstraZeneca's experimental inoculation is, follow...
Dec 07, 2020
G7 finance officials back need to regulate digital currencies – Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies on Monday strongly supported the need to regulate digital currencies, the U.S. Treasury Dep...
Dec 07, 2020
Canada’s Ivey PMI shows activity expanding at a slower pace in November
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian economic activity increased for the sixth straight month in November but the pace of expansion surprisingly slowed, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Mon...
Dec 07, 2020
Brazil court ruling throws open race for congressional leadership
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A decision by Brazil's Supreme Court barring the current leaders of the Senate and lower house of Congress from re-election in February has thrown open the race to replace them an...
Dec 07, 2020
J.C. Penney’s retail and operating assets to exit Chapter 11
(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Monday its retail and operating assets would exit Chapter 11 as two of its biggest landlords, Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management Inc, have acqu...
Dec 07, 2020
France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkiller
PARIS (Reuters) - France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to ban use of t...
Dec 07, 2020
