Category Archives: Syndicated
Canada adds more jobs than expected in July; most were part-time positions
By Julie Gordon and Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada added 418,500 jobs in July, though the vast majority were part-time positions, and the unemployment rate fell to 10.9% as the economy conti...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. blacklists Hong Kong leader Lam, other officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other Chinese and Hong Kong officials, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's webs...
Aug 07, 2020
U.S. wholesale inventories decline further in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventories fell less than initially estimated in June, likely reflecting a rebound in goods imports after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted trade flows. The Commer...
Aug 07, 2020
Lebanon’s investors wary as blast upends debt revamp plans
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Lebanon's creditors are wary of the risk of even steeper losses as a devastating blast in Beirut complicates an already stalled debt restructuring process. Even before...
Aug 07, 2020
New U.S. Postal Service chief warns of ‘dire’ finances as quarterly loss narrows
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Friday said the agency faces a "dire" financial position even as it posted a slightly narrower third-quarter lo...
Aug 07, 2020
Take Five: We’re all going on a summer holiday (maybe)
1/WANTED: AUGUST LIFELINE FOR TOURISM August conjures up images of beaches and sunshine but it may not bring much respite to travel and tourism stocks. Battered by lockdowns, tourism has lagged a broa...
Aug 07, 2020
Fed’s Rosengren says 509 financial institutions have registered with Main Street Lending Program
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since registration opened in mid-June, 509 financial institutions have signed up with the Main Street Lending Program, Boston Federal Reserve Bank president Eric Rosengren said on...
Aug 07, 2020
No. 2 U.S. Senate Democrat: Trump can’t act alone to provide COVID-19 relief -MSNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's No. 2 Democrat on Friday said President Donald Trump cannot solve the need for coronavirus relief using his executive authority, one day after talks between th...
Aug 07, 2020
Beirut blast a wake-up call on dangers of ammonium nitrate, experts warn
By Maayan Lubell, Rami Ayyub and Katharine Houreld (Reuters) - The devastating explosion in Beirut should be a wake-up call for countries on the dangers of ammonium nitrate, which caused the blast, ex...
Aug 07, 2020
Motorcycling: Bagnaia injures knee in crash, to miss Czech, Austrian GPs
(Reuters) - MotoGP confirmed Pramac Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia will miss this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix and next weekend's race in Austria after sustaining a knee injury in a crash durin...
Aug 07, 2020
