Category Archives: Syndicated
Foreign visitors to Mexico plunge 41% in first half of 2020
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico received at least 13 million foreign visitors during the first six months of 2020, a drop of 41.2% from the same period last year, Tourism Minister Miguel Torruco said l...
Aug 11, 2020
Oil prices bolstered by bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stocks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices moved higher on Wednesday after an industry report showed that U.S. inventories of crude fell more than analysts had expected, bolstering hopes that fuel demand in the wor...
Aug 11, 2020
Taiwan probes foreign banks over grain firms’ arbitrage
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank is investigating the actions of five foreign banks for their involvement in some $8 billion in net trading positions on the deliverable forwards market, four s...
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand’s central bank expands QE, holds rates steady
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) on Wednesday held its official cash rate at 0.25% in a widely expected decision and expanded its large scale asset purchase (LSAP) program...
Aug 11, 2020
SEC, ACC, Big 12 move forward with plans to play
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey wants to see the football season move forward as planned, but he doesn't want his conference to be the only one on that path. Other entities such as th...
Aug 11, 2020
Mexican judge orders arrest of 19 former federal police
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge has issued warrants for the arrest of 19 former federal police officials under the last government, including a former chief of police for the capital, for alle...
Aug 11, 2020
U.S. Republican who supports conspiracy theory wins nomination to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, Marjorie Taylor Greene, won her party's nomination Tuesday for a seat in the U.S. Congress ...
Aug 11, 2020
Australian second quarter wage growth lowest ever as pandemic rages
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian wages grew at the slowest pace on record last quarter in another hit to household spending power when the coronavirus pandemic has already ruptured consumer confidence an...
Aug 11, 2020
South Korea, U.S. to hold smaller military drills due to coronavirus: media
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual joint military drills this week but without mobilising U.S.-based troops after scaling back the programme...
Aug 11, 2020
LPGA cancels Shanghai event due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - The LPGA Shanghai tournament has been cancelled because of health concerns and travel restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elite women's professional golf circuit sa...
Aug 11, 2020
