February 18, 2021 - WallStreetReview

Australia, NZ dollars find support in higher yields, commodities

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were aiming for a steady end to a choppy week on Friday with sharply higher bond yields and rising commodity prices keeping both underpinned.The Aussie idled at $0.7768 and was barely changed on the week having been corralled between support at $0.7725 and resistance… Read More

Australian carer mothers orphaned kangaroos back to health

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Wearing pink surgical gloves, animal carer Christie Jarrett gently wraps the foot of an orphaned seven-month-old kangaroo with surgical tape at a facility set up at her rural home near the Australian city of Bathurst in New South Wales (NSW).Attacked by crows after losing his mother, the joey, an eastern grey named… Read More

Waze’s ex-CEO says app could have ‘grown faster’ without Google

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

(Reuters) - Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc’s Google, the navigation app’s former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant’s $1 billion acquisition in 2013.FILE PHOTO: Waze, a mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May… Read More

Myanmar’s coup opponents welcome new British, Canadian sanctions

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup welcomed new sanctions from Britain and Canada on Friday as protesters prepared to take to the streets for what will mark two weeks of daily demonstrations in the Southeast Asian country.Demonstrators march during a protest against the military coup, near temples in Bagan, Myanmar February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer… Read More

Study in Israel shows Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first dose: The Lancet

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" and a syringe are seen in front of the Pfizer logo in this illustration taken February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(Reuters) - The first dose of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective, a study of Israeli healthcare workers published in The Lancet here medical journal… Read More

Waze’s ex-CEO says app could have ‘grown faster’ without Google

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

NY high court revives foreclosure actions, clarifies law

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

The New York Court of Appeals has revived four foreclosure actions in a ruling that clarifies when lenders’ actions stop and start the statute of limitations.Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote for the court on Thursday that when a mortgage loan has been validly accelerated by a prior foreclosure action, the lender’s voluntary withdrawal of that… Read More

U.S. House revives bill to ban goods from China’s Xinjiang

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless it is certified they are not produced with forced labor, and allow further sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Muslims.FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before… Read More

Norway central bank chief optimistic on growth, warns on oil fund returns

February 18, 2021 WallStreetReview

* Annual speech by Norway’s central bank governor* End of pandemic in sight as vaccination progresses* Says rates will stay low for as long as needed* Wealth fund real returns expected at just 2% per yearOSLO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Norway’s economy is set to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic but faces the risks of… Read More