Category Archives: Syndicated
Oil prices fall as U.S. fuel demand remains weak
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged lower on Friday after U.S. inventory data showed lacklustre fuel demand in the world's largest oil consumer while worsening U.S.-China tensions w...
May 28, 2020
Costa Rican finance minister steps down amid government shakeup
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves stepped down on Thursday as part of a significant shakeup to President Carlos Alvarado's Cabinet midway through his term. Chaves, who h...
May 28, 2020
Hong Kong government warns removing U.S. special status is ‘double-edged sword’
By Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government warned Washington that withdrawing its special U.S. status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a "double-...
May 28, 2020
Los Angeles union, joined by ‘Pandemic Pig,’ demands meatpacking plant closure
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID-19 called on Thursday for the plant'...
May 28, 2020
As China’s factories feel economic blues, band of workers tell their story through rock music
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Wang Zongxing hoped that opening a restaurant would lead to an easier life after 14 years of working long hours in Shenzhen's factories, but serving the spi...
May 28, 2020
Mexico’s president seeks power contract review, likens to Argentine debt talks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Thursday likened a battle between the national power utility and private operators to Argentina's debt restructuring negotiations with creditors, calling ...
May 28, 2020
Argentina knocks back new debt proposal but says talks progressing
By Nicols Misculin and Adam Jourdan BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina knocked back a new debt restructuring proposal from key creditor groups on Thursday as insufficient, but said the offer showed pr...
May 28, 2020
Dollar in narrow range as focus shifts to Trump’s China response
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range on Friday as traders' focus shifted to U.S. President Donald Trump's response to China's passage of a national secu...
May 28, 2020
IMF approves two-year, $11 billion flexible credit line for Peru
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said its executive board had approved Peru's request for a two-year $11 billion flexible credit line to be used as precautionary fina...
May 28, 2020
League expects coaches to return to team facilities soon
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - NFL teams may be able to bring back members of their coaching staff as early as next week, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a memo distributed to teams on Thursda...
May 28, 2020
