Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall Street firms see Fed tapering bond buys starting next year
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street firms expect the Federal Reserve to start paring back its bond-buying next year, and phase it out completely by the second half of 2023, the New York Fed's latest...
Oct 08, 2020
ISS’s Guerra sees no huge effect of SEC rules on proxy adviser-client relations
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A top executive at Institutional Shareholder Services does not forecast big changes in how the firm interacts with clients and others after the U.S. governmen...
Oct 08, 2020
Chile keeps eye on Chinese fishing fleet along South American coast
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean government is keeping close tabs on a large fleet of Chinese fishing vessels that has stirred up controversy further north along the Pacifi...
Oct 08, 2020
Weed stocks surge as Kamala Harris vows to decriminalize pot in debate
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S.-listed shares of major cannabis producers surged on Thursday after Democratic vice president nominee Kamala Harris said marijuana would be decriminalized at a federal l...
Oct 08, 2020
Bellator brings MMA into mainstream with BBC deal, Paris fight card
By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - Mixed martial arts promotion Bellator is continuing its efforts to bring the sport into the mainstream at the Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday with the first major card ...
Oct 08, 2020
Tokyo postponement forced USOPC to rethink
(Reuters) - The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games forced the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to rethink how it operates, board chair Susanne Lyons said on Thursday at the org...
Oct 08, 2020
Biden says he would reveal his view on expanding Supreme Court post-election
By Trevor Hunnicutt PHOENIX (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Thursday Americans will learn his position on increasing the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court if h...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. appeals court blocks extension of Wisconsin’s absentee ballot receipt deadline
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday blocked a federal judge's ruling that would have allowed Wisconsin election officials to count absentee ballots that arrive up to six ...
Oct 08, 2020
California needs forests to fight climate change, but they are going up in smoke
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's record wildfires pose a problem for the state's plan to use its forests to help offset climate-warming emissions. It is unclear how much Californi...
Oct 08, 2020
Bolivia declares natural disaster due to wildfires, 600 families affected
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia declared a state of disaster due to wildfires ravaging forested and agricultural areas in the eastern part of the country, President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday. In 2019, ...
Oct 08, 2020
