Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain’s finance sector too slow to hire women to top jobs
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry wants more ambitious diversity targets at financial firms as the pace of hiring women to top jobs is too slow, a review said on Tuesday. A Women in Financ...
Jun 22, 2020
Japan expected to compile next econ stimulus in fall, says PM Abe’s ally
By Kaori Kaneko and Izumi Nakagawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to compile a stimulus package to boost the economy in the autumn, as its previous two packages were aimed at preventing firms and...
Jun 22, 2020
Fed’s Powell, Treasury’s Mnuchin to testify June 30 before House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on June 30 ...
Jun 22, 2020
MLB players vote against 60-game season proposal
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball players on Monday voted overwhelmingly against a proposal to play a shortened 60-game season amid the COVID-19 outbreak. According to multiple reports, the MLB Player...
Jun 22, 2020
KBR to focus on government contracts, quit natural gas, energy business
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Engineering and construction firm KBR Inc will exit most of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) construction and other energy projects, it told investors and employees, as customers pu...
Jun 22, 2020
U.S. accuses India of unfair practices on charter flights
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Monday accused the Indian government of engaging in "unfair and discriminatory practices" on charter air transportation services to and from India and...
Jun 22, 2020
‘Do I need to be here?’: Some New Yorkers decide to pack up and leave
By Maria Caspani and Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rebekah Rosler and her husband did not intend to leave Manhattan for good in March when they packed up their three children and headed 50 miles n...
Jun 22, 2020
U.S. court blocks California cancer label on Bayer’s Roundup weed killer
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday blocked California from requiring that Bayer AG label its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup with a cancer warning, handing the comp...
Jun 22, 2020
Los Angeles school board to consider district police deptartment’s future
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The Los Angeles board of education on Tuesday will consider a measure that would essentially phase out police in the nation's second-largest school district under pressu...
Jun 22, 2020
World Bank chief sees progress on G20 debt relief; wants more private sector buy-in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 major economies have made good progress with a debt relief initiative for the world's poorest countries, but additional relief and greater participation by priva...
Jun 22, 2020
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