Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German COVID vaccine developer BioNTech signs research deal with Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - BioNTech SE, the German biotech that developed a widely used COVID-19 vaccine with Pfizer Inc, will set up research and manufacturing centres in Australia based on the same technolo...
Oct 06, 2022
After Syria raid, U.S. kills Islamic State militants in air strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it carried out an air strike on Thursday in northern Syria that killed two Islamic State members including a leader it named as Abu-Hashum al-Umawi. The s...
Oct 06, 2022
Japan real wages fall for 5th month in August as weak yen fuels inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's real wages fell in August for a fifth straight month, government data showed on Friday, as a plunge in the yen lifted consumer prices at the fastest pace in eight years, outs...
Oct 06, 2022
CVS Health expects lower Medicare performance rating to impact 2024
(Reuters) - CVS Health Inc said its largest health insurance plan for Medicare recipients received a lower performance rating from the Federal government program, sending shares of the company down ar...
Oct 06, 2022
Fed must be ‘singularly’ focused on inflation, Mester says
(Reuters) - Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester on Thursday said she believes the U.S. unemployment rate will likely rise a little bit as the Fed raises rates, but that won't stop ...
Oct 06, 2022
UK retailers sales growth sinks to new post-COVID low – BDO
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers last month saw their slowest sales growth since shops reopened after COVID-19 lockdowns as consumers reined in spending amid a worsening cost-of-living crunch, a s...
Oct 06, 2022
Disney’s ESPN nears large partnership deal with DraftKings – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's ESPN is nearing a large new partnership deal with sports-betting firm DraftKings Inc, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The pote...
Oct 06, 2022
Analysis-As China party congress looms, signals sought on easing COVID policy
By Tony Munroe and Miyoung Kim BEIJING (Reuters) - The mounting economic toll of China's zero-COVID policy is raising investor hopes that Beijing may finally begin laying the groundwork for the tricky...
Oct 06, 2022
EU leaders turn to gas price caps to end energy crunch
By Jan Strupczewski and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will lock horns on Friday over whether and how to cap gas prices, as they attempt to curb a surge in energy prices that ...
Oct 06, 2022
Lesotho votes in election with political crisis still unresolved
MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho citizens were due to vote in an election on Friday, after years of political instability that the southern African mountain kingdom's lawmakers have yet to resolve. The elec...
Oct 06, 2022
