Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Proxy adviser ISS opposes re-election of Tesla chairwoman
(Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) on Monday urged Tesla Inc shareholders to vote against the re-election of chairwoman Robyn Denholm at the electric carmaker's ann...
Jun 15, 2020
Horse racing: Trainers adapt to COVID-19 era ahead of Saturday’s Belmont
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a shortened distance and owners barred from the stands amid the coronavirus outbreak, the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday will bear little rese...
Jun 15, 2020
New projection puts U.S. COVID-19 deaths at over 200,000 by October
(Reuters) - A new forecast projects 201,129 deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States through the beginning of October mainly due to reopening measures under way, the Institute for Health Metrics an...
Jun 15, 2020
For Nomura’s shoe-leather sales force, an uncertain future after coronavirus
By Takashi Umekawa and Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - For years Nomura Holdings Inc has relied on an army of retail salespeople to peddle stocks and bonds to investors sitting on one of the world's l...
Jun 15, 2020
North Korean army ‘fully ready’ for action over South Korean propaganda leaflets: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest ...
Jun 15, 2020
Cape Verde can hold businessman who is close to Maduro for up to 40 days pending extradition
PRAIA (Reuters) - Cape Verde can hold a businessman who is close to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and was arrested at the weekend for up to 40 days pending an extradition request from the United...
Jun 15, 2020
MLB Commissioner Manfred ‘not confident’ of a 2020 season
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Monday he is "not confident" a 2020 season will happen now that the players' union broke off talks about a return-to-play plan amid t...
Jun 15, 2020
Manfred: MLB season no longer certainty
Five days after saying he was "100 percent" certain a Major League Baseball season would be played, commissioner Rob Manfred expressed a different sentiment Monday. "I'm not confident (a season will b...
Jun 15, 2020
Raymond James fires employee who confronted Black Lives Matter demonstrator
(Reuters) - Investment bank Raymond James Financial Inc on Monday said it fired an employee after a video https://twitter.com/jaimetoons/status/1271300265170186240 posted on Twitter showed him and his...
Jun 15, 2020
Athletics: Great North Run cancellation adds to London Marathon doubts
LONDON (Reuters) - The cancellation of September's Great North Run half marathon on Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased doubts about the London Marathon going ahead in October. Last year...
Jun 15, 2020
