Category Archives: Syndicated
Fed balance sheet down again as currency swaps fall further
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's stash of assets shrank for a second straight week as foreign central banks once again sharply cut their use of currency swaps and U.S. banks further dialed back their...
Jun 25, 2020
Uber pares back digital wallet ambitions, head of unit quits: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's financial services head Peter Hazlehurst is stepping down as the company focuses on rides and food delivery, and ices plans to become a financial services company, ...
Jun 25, 2020
Albertsons prices downsized IPO below target range: sources
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - U.S. supermarket operator Albertsons Companies Inc on Thursday sold fewer shares than expected at a lower price than planned in its $800 million initial public offering,...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,374,282 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 2,374,282 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 37,667 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Jun 25, 2020
Oil pricing agencies Platts, Argus launch new U.S. crude benchmarks
By Julia Payne and Devika Krishna Kumar LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - After U.S. crude futures took an historic plunge into negative territory in April, the two top oil price reporting agencies said on ...
Jun 25, 2020
Trump administration considers ending Congress’ review of arms sales: sources
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is considering ending a long-standing system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales, congressional aides ...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Godzilla dust cloud’ drifts over U.S. Southeast, raising health concerns
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A massive plume of dust whipped up from the Sahara desert will hover over the U.S. Southeast this weekend, forecasters say, shrouding the region in a brown haze and rais...
Jun 25, 2020
Fed’s Powell to testify on CARES Act before House committee next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT), the Fed anno...
Jun 25, 2020
Police voted out of schools in Oakland, California
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The board of education in Oakland, California, has voted to abolish its own police force, joining a growing number of U.S. school districts moving to scale back the presenc...
Jun 25, 2020
Egypt’s Eva Pharma begins producing COVID-19 drug Remdesivir
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Eva Pharma said on Thursday it had begun producing Remdesivir and Favipiravir, two drugs used in the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Remdesivir is indicated for moderate...
Jun 25, 2020
