Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK’s choice to run budget office says he knows ‘where the bodies are buried’
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government's nominee to run the country's influential budget watchdog said on Monday his former career at the finance ministry did not mean he would seek to muzzle the b...
Jul 13, 2020
Two years on, Atlantia’s fate in the balance over bridge collapse
MILAN (Reuters) - Atlantia and the Italian government have been locked in a dispute over the infrastructure group's motorway concession since the deadly collapse of a motorway bridge in Genoa in 2018....
Jul 13, 2020
U.S. consumers more secure about jobs but earnings expectations drop: New York Fed survey
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. consumers are more optimistic that the worst of the economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic is behind them, but are still concerned about their earnings ...
Jul 13, 2020
CLO issuance rises slightly in second quarter amid loan downgrades
By Kristen Haunss NEW YORK (LPC) - Issuance of US Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) rose slightly in the second quarter amid downgrades to the funds' loan holdings caused by the coronavirus pande...
Jul 13, 2020
Finland should not apply Hong Kong extradition treaty after security law, foreign minister says
(Reuters) - Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Monday the Nordic country's extradition treaty with Hong Kong should not be applied as Beijing's new security law means people could be tran...
Jul 13, 2020
SiriusXM to buy podcast business of Scripps for up to $325 million
(Reuters) - Sirius XM Holdings Inc said on Monday it will buy E.W. Scripps Co's podcast business, Stitcher, for up to $325 million, as the U.S. satellite radio company pushes further into the podcast ...
Jul 13, 2020
Trump should use Defense Production Act to expand COVID-19 testing, NYC mayor says
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump should invoke the Defense Production Act to expand the capacity of labs to process tests for the novel co...
Jul 13, 2020
S&P slashes emerging market forecasts, warns of permanent scars
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Rating agency S&P Global cut its emerging market growth forecasts on Monday, predicting a 4.7% slump on average this year due to the coronavirus and warned that all co...
Jul 13, 2020
Coronavirus crisis may get “worse and worse and worse”, warns WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The raging coronavirus pandemic has the potential to get far worse if all nations do not adhere to basic healthcare precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday...
Jul 13, 2020
Mexico may accept medical kit in barter for presidential jet
(Reuters) - Mexico's government is considering a $120 million bid for a luxurious presidential jet after an unidentified prospective buyer offered to pay part in cash and part in medical equipment, a ...
Jul 13, 2020
