Category Archives: Syndicated
Are higher Treasury yields coming? Options traders bet yes
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Options investors are positioning for rising Treasury yields, as improving data and rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine fuel bets on U.S. economic growth. The aver...
Sep 16, 2020
Lawmaker Rubio urges Trump to scrap TikTok-Oracle deal if Bytedance ties remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker called on the Trump administration to reject a proposed deal for Oracle to become a "trusted technology provider" for popular social media platform Tik...
Sep 16, 2020
Sri Lanka seeks at least $1.9 million damage from owner of fire-hit tanker
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is seeking at least 340 million rupees ($1.89 million) from the owners of the stricken supertanker New Diamond for assistance rendered to the vessel since it caught fire ...
Sep 16, 2020
Dutch coronavirus cases jump by highest number on record
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 1,542 on Wednesday, the biggest daily jump on record, data from health authorities showed. The jump follo...
Sep 16, 2020
Morgan Stanley doesn’t expect second quarter trading boom to continue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Pruzan said on Wednesday the bank doesn't expect its sales and trading and investment banking business to perform as well in the ...
Sep 16, 2020
NYC mayor furloughs staff and self for one week beginning Oct. 1
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Everyone in the New York City mayor's office, including the mayor himself, will be furloughed for one week beginning Oct. 1 to close a budget shortfall created by the pandemic, Ma...
Sep 16, 2020
U.S. business inventories post first gain this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories increased for the first time this year in July likely reflecting a record jump in goods imports as trade flows start to normalize after being severely ...
Sep 16, 2020
Belarus charges protest leader Kolesnikova with undermining national security
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus investigators have officially charged Maria Kolesnikova, a protest leader, with incitement to undermine national security, the Investigative Committee said in a statement on...
Sep 16, 2020
Biden leads Trump nationally by 9 points, with suburbs focused on coronavirus, not crime: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/...
Sep 16, 2020
Ukraine and Belarus argue over Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at border
By Matthias Williams and Ilya Zhegulev KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Belarus on Wednesday of trying to escalate a row over 2,000 Hasidic Jewish pilgrims stranded at a border crossing after Ukrainia...
Sep 16, 2020
