Category Archives: Syndicated
Brazil’s second largest port disrupted by strong winds, authority says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The port authority of Brazil's second busiest port for grains and sugar, Paranagu, said on Wednesday that two shiploaders at the port were displaced by strong winds on Tuesday. T...
Jul 01, 2020
‘We are not guinea pigs,’ say South African anti-vaccine protesters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anti-vaccine protesters took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to voice their concern over Africa's first human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine. Last Wedn...
Jul 01, 2020
Exasperated Merkel backs widening boardroom quota for women
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her support on Wednesday for setting a quota for women on the executive boards of Germany's top listed companies, building on a 30% quota for wome...
Jul 01, 2020
Venezuela’s electoral board considers December 13 for new parliamentary vote
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's electoral authority is considering new parliamentary elections on Dec. 13, one of its directors said on Wednesday, though the opposition says President Nicolas Maduro i...
Jul 01, 2020
Why Amy McGrath could cost Republicans the U.S. Senate, even if she loses to Mitch McConnell
By David Morgan and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath's long-shot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain th...
Jul 01, 2020
Europe’s ECM banker fees rise as firms tap shareholders for cash
By Clara Denina and Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Fees earned by bankers in Europe's equity capital markets reached a two-year high of nearly $2 billion in the first half of 2020 as companies ...
Jul 01, 2020
Swiss government backs aviation company SR Technics bank loan
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has granted aviation services company SR Technics Switzerland AG a deficiency guarantee of 60% on a 120 million Swiss franc ($126.8 million) bank loan to bridge a liquid...
Jul 01, 2020
Trump administration sends out teams to guard monuments on July 4th weekend
By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has put special law enforcement teams in place to protect monuments it believes could be vandalized by protesters over th...
Jul 01, 2020
EU in talks with Gilead to get remdesivir doses for EU countries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it was in negotiations with Gilead Sciences Inc to obtain doses of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir for the 27 European Union countries. The...
Jul 01, 2020
Latam FX to stay vulnerable, amid worsening fiscal and virus fears
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin American currencies are heading into the second half of the year vulnerable to further depreciation amid a worsening fiscal picture and fears over the r...
Jul 01, 2020
