Category Archives: Syndicated
EU watchdog flags harder line on cross-border funds management
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit safeguards to stop asset managers in Britain running "shell" investment funds in the European Union to retain access to its markets should be hardwired into EU l...
Aug 19, 2020
UK government and Heathrow work on testing as quarantine alternative
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is working with London's Heathrow Airport on a plan to use COVID-19 testing to help shorten quarantine times, in an effort to help airlines and airports kickstart travel and...
Aug 19, 2020
Silicon Valley Bank hiring 80 in Britain as tech investment rebounds
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - United States-based Silicon Valley Bank is midway through hiring around 80 bankers in Britain, as it bucks the trend of peers who are shrinking during the coronavi...
Aug 19, 2020
Lowe’s quarterly same-store sales beat estimates
(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly same-store sales on Wednesday, as it benefited from a surge in demand for home improvement products from consumers stuck indoors due t...
Aug 19, 2020
Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty to doctoring email in Russia probe of Trump campaign
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in federal court to falsifying a document as part of the bureau's early-stage probe...
Aug 19, 2020
Can Russell Crowe and cut-price popcorn bring people back to U.S. movies?
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AMC Theatres and other cinema chains will fire up projectors in some major U.S. cities this week, offering lower-priced admission, discounted popcorn and new s...
Aug 19, 2020
Bipartisan majority of Americans want more money for Postal Service: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans want the government to spend more money on the U.S. Postal Service, and most agree that mail delivery will be a vital part of the ...
Aug 19, 2020
In historic speech, Kamala Harris expected to train fire on Trump
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kamala Harris gives the most important speech of her political career on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presid...
Aug 19, 2020
Expect less extravagant shows in post-coronavirus world, ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says
By Hanna Rantala STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Extravagant musical productions such as "Mamma Mia!" will need to be scaled down when they go again after the coronavirus lockdowns end, ABBA star and Swedish po...
Aug 19, 2020
Iran coronavirus death toll tops 20,000: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 20,000 on Wednesday with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry spokeswoman told state TV, as the number of total c...
Aug 19, 2020
