Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. prosecutors charge former Citgo executive in bribery probe
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors charged a former Citgo Petroleum manager with accepting $2.5 million as part of a scheme to bribe officials with the U.S. refiner and its Venezuelan parent to win ...
Aug 06, 2020
Africa’s cases of COVID-19 top 1 million: Reuters tally
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa's confirmed cases of COVID-19 have surpassed 1 million, a Reuters tally showed on Thursday, as the disease began to spread rapidly through a continent whose relative is...
Aug 06, 2020
News Corp beats revenue estimates on strong online subscriptions
(Reuters) - News Corp beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as higher online subscriptions during the coronavirus crisis partially offset weaker advertising revenue. Total revenu...
Aug 06, 2020
Trump advisers urge 2022 delisting of U.S.-listed Chinese cos that fail to meet U.S. audit standards
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump administration officials have urged the president to delist Chinese companies that trade on U.S. exchanges and fail to meet U.S. auditing requirements b...
Aug 06, 2020
Ivory Coast President Ouattara says he will run for third term
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would seek re-election in October, formally accepting the ruling party's nomination to be its candidate and defying oppo...
Aug 06, 2020
Gwyneth Paltrow stunned by derision over her ‘conscious uncoupling’ announcement
(Reuters) - Gwyneth Paltrow says deciding to split with her first husband Chris Martin was painful enough, but nothing could have prepared her for the public mockery that greeted the announcement of t...
Aug 06, 2020
Ex-Saudi intelligence official alleges Riyadh sent hit squad to kill him
(Reuters) - A former top-ranking Saudi intelligence official living in exile in Canada alleged in a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court on Thursday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a team to kill ...
Aug 06, 2020
NYSE-owner ICE to buy Ellie Mae in $11 billion deal
(Reuters) - Intercontinental Exchange Inc said on Thursday it would buy Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, from private equity investment Thoma Bravo in a de...
Aug 06, 2020
Formula E leader da Costa takes third win in a row
BERLIN (Reuters) - DS Techeetah's Formula E leader Antonio Felix da Costa celebrated his third win in a row to open up a 68-point gap in the all-electric series at Berlin's former Tempelhof airport on...
Aug 06, 2020
A PICTURE AND ITS STORY: Capturing a rescue in Beirut
(Reuters) - When he first felt the ground shaking, Reuters photographer Mohamed Azakir thought Beirut had been struck by an earthquake. Then he heard the explosion. Grabbing his camera, Azakir rushed ...
Aug 06, 2020
