Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China 2020 fiscal spending up 2.8% y/y, revenue falls 3.9%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's fiscal revenue fell 3.9% in 2020 from a year earlier, while expenditure rose 2.8%, the finance ministry said on Thursday, underscoring the difficulties in government financ...
Jan 27, 2021
New-look Rockets host short-handed Trail Blazers
For the first time since the trade that sent seven-time All-NBA guard James Harden to Brooklyn, the Houston Rockets on Tuesday featured both John Wall and Victor Oladipo in their backcourt. The early ...
Jan 27, 2021
Steven Cohen’s fund Point72 suffers 15% loss amid GameStop frenzy: NYT
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Steven Cohen's Point72 Asset Management has suffered a nearly 15% loss this year due to a sudden surge in the shares of video-game retailer GameStop Corp, the New York...
Jan 27, 2021
U.S. stands with SE Asian countries against China pressure, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States rejects China's maritime claims in the South China Sea beyond what it is permitted under international law and stands with Southeast Asian countries resisting ...
Jan 27, 2021
Three teens arrested in Denver fire that killed five Senegalese immigrants
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Three teenage boys were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder and arson stemming from a house fire last year that killed a family of five Senegalese immigran...
Jan 27, 2021
Mexican president progressing well with minor symptoms after COVID-19 diagnosis, minister says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was progressing well with minimal symptoms of COVID-19, a senior health official said on Wednesday. Lopez Obrador, 67, was experie...
Jan 27, 2021
AstraZeneca to produce 90 million COVID-19 vaccine shots in Japan – government spokesman
TOKYO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc has told Japan's health ministry it would produce more than 90 million coronavirus vaccine shots in the country, Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday. Ch...
Jan 27, 2021
Apple grabs 23.4% global smartphone market in fourth-quarter: IDC
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Apple Inc cornered nearly a quarter of the global smartphone market over October-December and jumped to the top of the winner's tally, IDC data showed, as shipments surged 22%. T...
Jan 27, 2021
Oil slips on tightening COVID-19 curbs, especially in China
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices slid in early trade on Thursday on fresh worries about weakened fuel demand, after England clamped down on travel and China, the world's second-largest ...
Jan 27, 2021
Dollar rises as stock slump rattles investor confidence
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar extended gains against most currencies on Thursday as a stock market rout due to concerns about excessive valuations boosted safe-harbour demand for the U...
Jan 27, 2021
