Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: The Electoral College and the 2020 U.S. presidential race
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - In the United States, the winner of a presidential election is determined not by a national vote but through a system called the Electoral College, which allots "electoral vot...
Oct 12, 2020
Japan must revise BOJ law to speed digital yen, enshrine inflation goal: senior official
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must swiftly revise laws to allow the central bank to issue a digital currency, a move that could provide a chance to reform the Bank of Japan...
Oct 12, 2020
U.S. TV news networks aim for credibility, not speed, on election night
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - In preparing for election night, some top U.S. television news executives see a cautionary tale in a notorious November evening two decades ago. After major networks projec...
Oct 12, 2020
Analysis: Investment strategy based on reducing risk faces its own challenge
By Megan Davies and Maiya Keidan NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - A fund trading strategy that tracks hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and often gets blamed for exacerbating market selloffs is fac...
Oct 12, 2020
New Apple ‘iPhone 12’ to offer 5G speeds U.S. networks can’t deliver
By Supantha Mukherjee and Kenneth Li (Reuters) - 5G will finally get its U.S. closeup with the expected debut of Apple Inc's next iPhone on Tuesday. But the blazing speeds promised will not materializ...
Oct 12, 2020
Supreme Court nominee Barrett faces Senate test
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's Senate confirmation kicks off in earnest on Monday as Republicans seek to place her on the ben...
Oct 12, 2020
OECD sees bipartisan U.S. support for global tax reform
PARIS (Reuters) - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development sees support from both parties in Washington for a reform of international tax rules, its head said on Monday. Nearly 140 co...
Oct 12, 2020
U.S. economists Milgrom, Wilson win 2020 Nobel economics prize for work on auction theory
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - U.S. economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the 2020 Nobel Economics Prize for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats, the Royal Swedish Acad...
Oct 12, 2020
From teens to superstars – Netflix film tracks BLACKPINK’s rise
LONDON (Reuters) - BLACKPINK fans will see a softer side to the K-pop girl power group in a Netflix documentary in which its members open up about their journey from teenage trainees to global superst...
Oct 12, 2020
‘Wish you were here’ – Kobe’s widow hails Lakers’ victory
(Reuters) - Vanessa Bryant congratulated the Los Angeles Lakers after they beat Miami Heat 106-93 to win their 17th NBA Championship on Sunday and said she wished her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna ...
Oct 12, 2020
