Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall Street bank trading boom does little to assuage concerns about lending
By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Wall Street banks reported quarterly results this week, investors wondered about the staying power of the trading bonanza that has floated profits, offsetting ...
Oct 16, 2020
China’s central bank unveils changes to laws for commercial banks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank issued on Friday a draft of revisions to laws for commercial banks, improving the mechanisms of risk disposal and market exit for lenders, it said, and set a N...
Oct 16, 2020
Special Report: Why 4,998 died in U.S. jails without getting their day in court
By Peter Eisler, Linda So, Jason Szep, Grant Smith and Ned Parker CANTON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Harvey Hill wouldn't leave John Finnegan's front yard. He stood in the pouring rain, laughing at the s...
Oct 16, 2020
Europe telecoms lobby group ‘denounces’ bans on Chinese vendors
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - A business group representing challenger telecoms operators in Europe warned on Friday against banning Chinese equipment vendors, saying that doing so for politic...
Oct 16, 2020
WHO defends data after concluding Gilead’s remdesivir flopped COVID trial
ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization (WHO) trial that concluded Gilead Sciences Inc.'s remdesivir did not significantly help COVID-19 patients is reliable, a scientist who evaluated t...
Oct 16, 2020
Wall Street futures perk up on vaccine hopes as stimulus stand-off weighs
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as Pfizer said it could apply for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate as early as November, shaking off worries over a st...
Oct 16, 2020
China supports G20 proposal to extend debt relief to poor countries: PBOC head
BEIJING (Reuters) - China supports a G20 proposal to further extend debt relief to poor countries, the head of its central bank, Yi Gang, told a G20 videoconference on Thursday, according to a stateme...
Oct 16, 2020
Empty Wimbledon part of organisers’ 2021 plans
LONDON (Reuters) - Next year's Wimbledon Championships could be held without spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of the grasscourt Grand Slam said on Friday. The tournament in Englan...
Oct 16, 2020
Malaysia reports 629 new coronavirus cases, 6 new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 629 new coronavirus cases on Friday, raising its cumulative tally of infections to 18,758, the health ministry said. The Southeast Asian country, which has i...
Oct 16, 2020
Swiss COVID-19 infections hit another record
ZURICH/GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland reported another daily record of 3,105 new coronavirus cases on Friday as a second wave of infection gripped the country. The public health agency reported a tota...
Oct 16, 2020
