Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Virginia governor orders removal of statue of Civil War General Lee
(Reuters) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, responding to protests decrying racism after the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis, on Thursday ordered the removal of a statue of Conf...
Jun 04, 2020
Britain’s Stobart to exit rail business after posting bigger loss
(Reuters) - Infrastructure group Stobart said on Thursday it would exit its rail and civil engineering business this fiscal year under a plan to offset a hit from the coronavirus crisis as it posted a...
Jun 04, 2020
Tennis star Gauff demands change amid protests over Floyd death
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American teenage tennis prodigy Coco Gauff appeared at a protest in her hometown of Delray Beach, Florida, on Wednesday, calling for racial and social justice after the death of G...
Jun 04, 2020
Hedge fund WorldQuant hires ex-Google scientist to up its AI game
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund WorldQuant hired computer scientist Yoram Singer, a former principal scientist at Google , as its chief AI scientist as Wall Street races to use ma...
Jun 04, 2020
Syrian air defences intercept missiles in Hama province: state media
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian air defences thwarted an unidentified missile attack on a city in northwestern Hama province, state media said on Thursday. The news flash on state television said the missile...
Jun 04, 2020
Portugal extends suspension of loan repayments until March
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will extend its suspension of loan repayments by another six months until March so as to avoid an expected jump in bad debt as a result of the crisis caused by the coronavi...
Jun 04, 2020
Brazil savings account deposits rise by record 37.2 bln reais in May: central bank
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian savings accounts grew by a record 37.2 billion ($7.3 billion) in May, central bank figures showed on Thursday, as the lockdown measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis ...
Jun 04, 2020
Tesla’s Elon Musk calls for breakup of Amazon in tweet
(Reuters) - Telsa Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday called for Amazon.com Inc to be broken up. "Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!" Musk tweeted two days after saying he was taking...
Jun 04, 2020
Royal Ascot more than halves prize money due to pandemic
LONDON (Reuters) - The prize money for this month's Royal Ascot, which will be run without spectators from June 16-20, has been more than halved due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers had said in De...
Jun 04, 2020
‘Stay at home stock’ Slack Technologies dips ahead of report
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of Slack Technologies dipped 3% on Thursday ahead of the workplace communication platform's quarterly report, pausing a three-month rally fueled by millions of peo...
Jun 04, 2020
