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Raters of companies’ green credentials need more oversight, UK watchdog says
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, widely used by asset managers to make climate-friendly investments, need tighter oversight to avoid risks to the smo...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Delta variant will fail to halt Ireland’s reopening plans – deputy PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland remains on track to further ease COVID-19 restrictions in early July with the resumption of indoor restaurant and bar services despite an increase in the presence of the COV...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Athletics-Russia’s Shubenkov cleared in ‘genuinely exceptional’ doping case – AIU
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov has been cleared in what the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday was a "genuinely exceptional" doping case involving a diuretic prescribe...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Blackstone to buy Home Partners of America in $6 billion deal – WSJ
(Corrects spelling of United in paragraph 2) (Reuters) -Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc has agreed to acquire Home Partners of America Inc, which buys and rents single-family homes, in a $6 b...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
As Venezuela’s economy regresses, crypto fills the gaps
By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan food delivery driver Pablo Toro has no stake in cryptocurrency or blockchain, but indirectly uses digital tokens every time he sends money to his fami...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Tokyo Governor Koike taking break this week due to fatigue -NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is taking a break from official duties this week and resting due to fatigue, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, as preparations for the Olympic G...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Labor, green groups urge White House to reject a ‘watered-down’ infrastructure deal
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of environmental and labor groups - two of President Joe Biden's biggest supporters - urged the White House and Democratic congressional leaders on ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Canada has seen jump in insider trading, misconduct since pandemic start – regulator
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Securities misconduct in Canada has risen sharply as perpetrators attempted to capitalize on pandemic-driven uncertainties, while social media frenzy surround...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. watchdog to adopt mortgage moratorium rule with some exclusions – sources
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer watchdog in coming weeks will adopt a rule requiring mortgage servicers to give struggling homeowners until next year to resume repayments, ...
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
Study testing Moderna vaccine in transmission prevention to include young adults
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - U.S. scientists are expanding a government-funded study that aims to directly answer the question of whether Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine curbs the spread of SARS-CoV-2....
Syndicated Content Jun 22, 2021
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