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Oil falls a fifth day lower after U.S. stockpile build
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped for a fifth day on Thursday after official data showed a sustained rise in U.S. crude and fuel inventories, while the ever-present pandemic clouded the demand outl...
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
Protesters return to French streets to denounce police violence; tear gas fired
PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands protested in Paris on Saturday to denounce police violence and President Emmanuel Macron's security policy plans which the demonstrators say would crimp civil liberties. In...
Syndicated Content Dec 05, 2020
UK competition regulator should get beefed-up role: lawmaker report
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator should have an enhanced role, becoming a new consumer champion, according to a government-commissioned report published on Tuesday. The report, penne...
Syndicated Content Feb 16, 2021
Airbnb to tighten control of short-term lets in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbnb announced plans on Monday to tighten control of short-term rentals advertised on its site in several French cities including Paris, by throwing out those without formal regist...
Syndicated Content Feb 08, 2021
Philippines' Duterte tightens anti-money laundering rules to avoid `grey list'
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law on Friday to strengthen anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations ahead of a Feb. 1 deadline set by a global financ...
Syndicated Content Jan 30, 2021
China's Kuaishou to open books for $5 billion Hong Kong IPO next week - sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese online short video company Kuaishou will open the books for its Hong Kong initial public offering to raise at least $5 billion next Monday in the city's biggest float in ...
Syndicated Content Jan 18, 2021
EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels as they try to crack down on the powers of U...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2021
Database software startup Cockroach Labs raises $160 million
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Cockroach Labs, a cloud database management software startup, said on Tuesday it raised $160 million, following other tech startups in securing big funding during the pa...
Syndicated Content Jan 12, 2021
British public getting keener for COVID-19 vaccination - poll
LONDON (Reuters) - The British public have grown more enthusiastic about getting a COVID-19 vaccination as the number of cases has mounted, and almost half think it should be mandatory, an opinion pol...
Syndicated Content Jan 28, 2021
Dubai partner 'very happy' with Trump Org despite Capitol chaos
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Donald Trump's business partner in Dubai on Wednesday said he was interested in expanding their commercial relationship despite the storming of the U.S. Capitol...
Syndicated Content Jan 13, 2021
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