Category Archives: Syndicated
Federal Reserve to cap bank dividend payments following pandemic analysis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Thursday it will cap big bank dividend payments and bar share repurchases until at least the fourth quarter after testing bank finances aga...
Jun 25, 2020
Nike swings to quarterly loss due to COVID-19 impact
(Reuters) - Nike Inc on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss, as retailers had to shut stores for weeks due to lockdowns spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, sending shares of the world's largest foot...
Jun 25, 2020
Golf: McCumber makes most of late addition to Connecticut field
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - PGA Tour rookie Tyler McCumber, a late alternate into the Travelers Championship field in Cromwell, Connecticut following a number of withdrawals due to COVID-19 concerns, ...
Jun 25, 2020
Canada’s LifeLabs failed to protect customer data, privacy commissioners find
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian laboratory testing company LifeLabs failed to adequately protect sensitive health information of millions of people, resulting in one of the biggest dat...
Jun 25, 2020
Canada’s top health official to seek details of Ontario COVID-19 farm worker guidelines
By Kelsey Johnson and Allison Martell OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's top public health official said on Thursday she plans to seek more information from Ontario about the province's plan to allow...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. says lobbyist Abramoff to plead guilty in connection with bitcoin offering
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Thursday the lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to violating a federal lobbying disclosure law, in connection with an alleged fraudulent offering...
Jun 25, 2020
Colombia’s first COVID-19 death occurred earlier than previously thought: government
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's first confirmed death from COVID-19 occurred in late February, more than a week before the Andean country originally reported its first case of the coronavirus, the gover...
Jun 25, 2020
Senate advances $740 billion defense bill, stage set for Confederate battle
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 90-7 on Thursday to debate the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, setting the stage for a battle between Democrats an...
Jun 25, 2020
Commander in Somali al Shabaab militant group killed – state media
By Feisal Omar MOGADISHIU (Reuters) - Somali security forces have killed a commander of the al Shabaab militant group in a military operation, state radio reported on Thursday. Ahsraf Azmi Abu Hamdan,...
Jun 25, 2020
Bear-sized wombat cousin roamed Australia 25 million years ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerfully built relative of modern wombats that was the size of a black bear roamed Australia's woodlands about 25 million years ago, possessing shovel-shaped ...
Jun 25, 2020
