FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup 2022 South American Qualifiers – Brazil v Venezuela – Estadio Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil – November 13, 2020 Referee Juan Gabriel Benitez refers to VAR Fernando Bizerra/Pool via REUTERS November 17, 2020 (Reuters) – FIFA has asked technology companies to develop ways […]
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U.S. retail sales miss expectations in October
November 17, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales increased less than expected in October and could slow further, restrained by spiraling new COVID-19 infections and declining household income as millions of unemployed Americans lose government financial support. Retail sales rose 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. […]
Walmart beats profit estimates on buoyant online sales
FILE PHOTO: A shopper is seen wearing a mask while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid November 17, 2020 By Melissa Fares and Aishwarya Venugopal (Reuters) – Walmart Inc posted a bigger-than-expected increase in quarterly same-store sales and beat expectations for profit […]
EU states agonize over rules on rapid COVID tests, document says, in new blow to airlines
FILE PHOTO: A chemist performs a rapid Covid-19 antigen test at a pharmacy in Roubaix as a second wave of the coronavirus disease sweeps France, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol November 17, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Many EU governments oppose common rules on the use of rapid […]
‘This is not the time for vetoes’: Germany’s Europe minister on Hungary, Poland
November 17, 2020 BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union member states should live up to their responsibility and make sure that an emergency aid package designed to help countries tackle the COVID-19 pandemic can be paid out quickly, Germany’s European affairs minister said on Tuesday. Hungary and Poland blocked the adoption […]
Investors in ‘full bull’ mode as vaccine hopes run high: BofA survey
FILE PHOTO: Bull and bear, symbols for successful and bad trading are seen in front of the German stock exchange (Deutsche Boerse), in Frankfurt, Germany, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski November 17, 2020 LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are in “full bull” mode, deploying more money into emerging markets, small-cap stocks […]
Pfizer to start pilot delivery program for its COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a sign outside Pfizer Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri November 17, 2020 (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc <PFE.N> has launched a pilot delivery program for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in four U.S. states, […]
Exclusive: OPEC+ panel sees weaker oil demand in 2021 – document
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside their headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger November 17, 2020 By Rania El Gamal, Alex Lawler and Vladimir Soldatkin DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – OPEC and its allies see oil inventories declining further […]
Thai police fire water cannon at parliament protest
Riot police officers stand in line as water cannons are being used during an anti-government protest as lawmakers debate on constitution change, outside the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha November 17, 2020 By Chayut Setboonsarng and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police blasted protesters with […]
Poland expects concessions after it vetoed EU budget
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman November 17, 2020 By Marcin Goclowski and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland expects Brussels to offer it new proposals to find a way out of stalemate after the country joined […]