Category Archives: Syndicated
Coronavirus slump threatens Mexican president’s crusade on poverty
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won office with the biggest popular mandate since Mexico's transition to democracy, he pledged to transform the countr...
Jul 01, 2020
UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The payments by Alphabet Inc's Google to Apple Inc to be the default search engine on Apple's Safari web browser create "a significant barrier to entry and expansion" for...
Jul 01, 2020
Brazil deliverymen for Uber, other apps protest amid pandemic
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Over a thousand food deliverymen on motorcycles gathered in So Paulo on Wednesday to protest their work conditions, set by Uber and other apps, with their work in high demand due...
Jul 01, 2020
Monte dei Paschi to sell real estate portfolio to Ardian
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian lender Monte dei Paschi dei Siena said on Wednesday it had signed a deal to sell a portfolio of real estate assets to French private equity firm Ardian by year-end. The trans...
Jul 01, 2020
More than 100 Colombian soldiers implicated in sex abuse of minors, army says
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 118 members of the Colombian army have been investigated since 2016 for alleged involvement in sexual abuse against minors, the head of the army said o...
Jul 01, 2020
Brazil’s Sabesp extends water-bill exemption for low-income families till Aug. 15
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run sanitation company Sabesp will exempt low-income customers from paying water bills until Aug. 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Sao Paulo state governor...
Jul 01, 2020
Apple to re-close more stores in seven states, bringing total to 77
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Wednesday that it would re-close more than two dozen stores in seven states, including its home state of California, bringing the total closures to 77 as coronavirus case...
Jul 01, 2020
Months later, U.N. Security Council backs call for coronavirus truce
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday finally backed U.N. chief Antonio Guterres' March 23 call for a global truce amid the coronavirus pandemic, adopting a r...
Jul 01, 2020
World Bank chief says coronavirus pandemic widening inequality gap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic was exacerbating inequality throughout the world by hitting hardest those without a social saf...
Jul 01, 2020
Emerging market inflows increase ninefold in June: IIF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio inflows to emerging markets jumped to $32.1 billion in June from $3.5 billion in May, the bulk of it in debt securities, the Institute of International Finance said on W...
Jul 01, 2020
