The Economic Burn

Published by Reuters By Ross Kerber and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) – A new generation of executives at the world’s biggest asset managers is helping drive an uprising against Corporate America that environmental and social justice … Full ArticleNew blood at Wall Street’s old guard rattles Corporate America

Published by Reuters By Laura Sanicola and Tim McLaughlin NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners LLC, which invests the retirement savings of Maine teachers, NFL football players and Mayo Clinic … Full ArticleExclusive: Private equity bet on troubled Caribbean refinery blows up on retirement funds

Published by DPA Germany’s Green party is ready – for change as well as for a run at the chancellor’s office – and they want to make sure voters know it. Their new campaign slogan … Full ArticleGermany’s Greens proclaim themselves ‘ready’ for national elections

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan during his first overseas trip for NATO and European Union meetings in … Full ArticleBiden to meet with UK’s Johnson, Turkey’s Erdogan in overseas trip

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped below 400,000 last week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started more than a year ago, … Full ArticleU.S. weekly jobless claims drop below 400,000

Published by Reuters By Nick Carey and Lisa Baertlein LONDON (Reuters) – The future of a bevy of commercial electric van startups seeking investor capital through blank-check IPOs rests largely in the hands of a … Full ArticleElectric-van startups race for a ‘golden ticket’ order

Published by Reuters By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – For the Khoi and San – South Africa’s first inhabitants – a verdant patch of land in Cape Town embodies victory and tragedy. The two … Full ArticleHeritage dispute engulfs site chosen for Amazon’s new African HQ

Published by Reuters (Reuters) – AMC Entertainment announced its second share issue in three days on Thursday, adding to the company’s efforts to bolster its finances on the back of a Reddit-driven speculative surge in … Full ArticleAMC milks rally with second share issue this week, stock falls

Published by Reuters By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of Japan’s Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and … Full ArticleOlympics-‘We cannot postpone again,’ Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom

Published by Reuters By David Randall and Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Free popcorn for shareholders. Following more than 500 die-hard fans of his company’s stock on Twitter. Retweeting a video of what appears … Full ArticleAnalysis-With popcorn and tweets, AMC’s Aron rides retail investor wave