Category Archives: Syndicated
Bank of England sets out ways to help small banks grow
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Wednesday it wants to help smaller banks compete better in mortgages, a sector long dominated by Britain's big lenders. Sarah Breeden, the BoE's executiv...
Jul 22, 2020
China’s Didi Chuxing launches standalone, cheaper ride-hailing service
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday it has launched a new standalone ride-hailing service that targets younger customers and offers cheaper rides compared to its main app. Didi,...
Jul 22, 2020
COVID recovery fund a ‘breakthrough’ for EU sovereign creditworthiness: S&P Global
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's 750 billion euro post-pandemic recovery fund is a positive for the bloc's sovereign ratings, agency S&P Global said on Wednesday. One of S&P's top sovereign ana...
Jul 22, 2020
Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane catches fire at Shanghai airport, no casualties
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 777 cargo plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday, the airline said, adding that fire has been co...
Jul 22, 2020
Biden, leading Trump by eight points, also has a big advantage with undecided voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in support among registered voters, and the former vice president appears to have ...
Jul 22, 2020
Italy opens antitrust probe into Amazon, Apple over sale of Beats headphones
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into whether Apple Inc and Amazon Inc had engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple pr...
Jul 22, 2020
Greenland voters want to keep coloniser’s vandalised statue
By Andreas Mortensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A vote in Greenland showed on Wednesday a majority in favour of keeping up a statue of Danish-Norwegian coloniser Hans Egede that was vandalised as anti-rac...
Jul 22, 2020
EBRD investments soar to record €5 billion in first half on coronavirus fallout
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Wednesday it invested a record 5.1 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in the first six months of the year to shore up e...
Jul 22, 2020
German prosecutors search offices in Fiat, Alfa Romeo emissions probe
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Frankfurt prosecutors on Wednesday said they were searching offices as part of an international fraud investigation into illegal emissions cheating defeat devices found in engine...
Jul 22, 2020
Mylan gets Indian regulatory approval for tuberculosis drug
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Drugmaker Mylan NV said on Wednesday it has received Indian regulatory approval to make tuberculosis treatment pretomanid available in a country that accounts for a quarter of th...
Jul 22, 2020
