(Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) The results beat Wall Street estimates on Friday, aided by investors who turned to the world’s largest asset manager’s bond funds in the second quarter, as global financial markets rebounded strongly from a brutal liquidation triggered by COVID in March. FILE PHOTO: People are seen …
Read More »Wall Street to open higher on optimism about economic recovery
(Reuters) – Major Wall Street indexes would open higher on Friday as investors bet on further official stimulus to fuel a post-pandemic economic revival, even as the COVID-19 cases saw yet another record increase in the country. FILE PHOTO: Traders Wear Masks While Working on the Floor of the New …
Read More »Brazil’s coronavirus mess provides global laboratory for vaccine race
Brazil, where the number of cases has exceeded 2 million, is one of the few places to test experimental coronavirus vaccines. It offers an unusual and attractive combination for research: a dizzying transmission rate, as well as internationally respected research centers and a public health system with experience in creating …
Read More »Trump administration exempts European students from coronavirus travel restrictions
FILE PHOTO: Students from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) walk the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California, USA, November 15, 2017. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson / File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban imposed by the United States due …
Read More »UK says Russia tried to meddle in elections by leaking U.S. trade documents
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said Thursday that Russia had attempted to interfere in its 2019 general election by raising an online scandal over unlawfully acquired confidential documents about a planned free trade agreement with Washington. FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a …
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