Author Archives: Syndicated Content
TD Ameritrade restricts customer trading in crude oil futures: statement
By Devika Krishna Kumar (Reuters) - Electronic brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding is restricting customers from buying new positions in certain crude oil contracts after an unprecedented sell-off that se...
Apr 23, 2020
Fed says working to broaden access to ‘PPP’ facility beyond banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Thursday it will "shortly" announce new rules to expand access to a small business lending program beyond banks, so that a broader set of institution...
Apr 23, 2020
Ecuador’s coronavirus case total is twice as high as confirmed: minister
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's health minister said on Thursday the country's coronavirus case total was twice as high as previously confirmed, as authorities added 11,000 new infections that resulted fr...
Apr 23, 2020
Amtrak to lose $700 million in fiscal 2020 even after coronavirus support
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national railroad Amtrak, which received $1 billion in emergency funding this month from Congress, said on Thursday it expects to lose at least $700 mil...
Apr 23, 2020
Algeria eases coronavirus lockdown for Ramadan
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will ease confinement measures from the first day of the holy month of Ramadan on Friday by shortening a night curfew and lifting a full lockdown for a province near the ca...
Apr 23, 2020
Proxy adviser ISS recommends vote ‘against’ CEO pay at Goldman Sachs
By Ross Kerber and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended investors cast advisory votes against the pay of to...
Apr 23, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 828,441 coronavirus cases, 46,379 deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 828,441 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 25,858 from its previous count, and said the number of...
Apr 23, 2020
Federal Reserve eases bank access to intraday Fed credit
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday temporarily eased requirements for banks to access intraday credit from Fed banks to ensure that lending continues during ...
Apr 23, 2020
McLaren’s Brown says Ferrari are in denial over budget cap
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - McLaren boss Zak Brown has accused Ferrari of being in denial about the existential threat Formula One faces from COVID-19 as arguments heat up over how much teams s...
Apr 23, 2020
Trump officials eye blocking uranium from Russia, China to help U.S. nuclear industry
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trump administration officials on Thursday recommended granting U.S. energy regulators the ability to block imports of nuclear fuel from Russia and China and ...
Apr 23, 2020
