U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration December 4, 2018 By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields slipped, feeding fears that the Federal Reserve could pause in its rate-hike cycle, while an […]
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Sweden’s Centre Party gives Lofven last chance before PM vote
FILE PHOTO: Centre Party leader Annie Loof gives a news conference after a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, September 27, 2018. TT News Agency/Janerik Henriksson via REUTERS December 4, 2018 By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Centre Party said on Tuesday it would give Prime […]
Syria’s last shadow puppeteer hopes to save his art
Shadi al-Hallaq, a puppeteer, holds two puppets during a performance in Damascus, Syria December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki December 4, 2018 DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most of his equipment to war and endured life as a refugee in Lebanon, but he now believes the […]
Uber launches bus-booking service in Egyptian capital
Dara Khosrowshahi (R), Uber CEO, walks with Egypt’s Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, after a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lena Masri December 5, 2018 CAIRO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc has launched a bus-booking service in Cairo, the company’s chief executive said on […]
EU ministers fail to break digital tax deadlock
FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a session of the National Assembly in Paris, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo December 4, 2018 By Leigh Thomas BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers failed to agree a tax on digital revenues on Thursday, despite a last minute […]
Thomson Reuters to cut workforce by 3,200 or 12 percent by 2020
FILE PHOTO: The Thomson Reuters logo is seen on the company building in Times Square, New York October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo December 4, 2018 TORONTO (Reuters) – Thomson Reuters Corp <TRI.TO> said on Tuesday that it will cut its workforce by 12 percent by 2020, axing 3,200 jobs, […]
World stocks retreat as trade truce doubts return
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Staff December 4, 2018 By Karin Strohecker London (Reuters) – Deflating hopes of a swift resolution to the Sino-U.S. trade war knocked world stocks off a three-week high on Tuesday, while […]
Thomas Cook debt-holders scramble for protection against default
FILE PHOTO: The Thomas Cook logo is seen in this illustration photo January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo December 4, 2018 By Helen Reid and Josephine Mason LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of insuring debt issued by Thomas Cook <TCG.L> against default hit a record high and its bonds tumbled […]
Italy investigates five Egyptian suspects over disappearance of student: source
FILE PHOTO: A man holds a placard during a vigil to commemorate Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo a year ago, in downtown Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi December 4, 2018 ROME (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors have placed five members of Egypt’s security forces under official […]
Ryanair sidesteps unions by ramping up ultra-low-cost unit
FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair airplane taxis past two parked aircraft at Weeze Airport, near the German-Dutch border, during a strike of Ryanair airline crews, protesting the slow progress in negotiating a collective labor agreement in Weeze, Germany, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay December 4, 2018 By Joanna Plucinska and Conor […]