Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian rouble, stocks steady in face of global sell-off
(Reuters) - The Russian rouble was flat in Wednesday trading, while stocks gained ground, shielded from the widespread global sell-off of recent days by Moscow's capital controls. At 1010 GMT, the rou...
Jun 15, 2022
Ford recalls nearly 3 million vehicles over gear issue – NHTSA
(Reuters) -Ford Motor Co is recalling 2.9 million vehicles due to a defect that prevents the vehicle from shifting into the intended gear, causing it to move in an unexpected direction, the National H...
Jun 15, 2022
IKEA says it will scale down its business in Russia
(Reuters) - Swedish furniture company IKEA on Wednesday said it had made the "difficult decision" to scale down its business in Russia, pointing to a significant deterioration in supply chains around ...
Jun 15, 2022
The Baltic states want more NATO. They won’t get all they seek
By Robin Emmott and Andrius Sytas TAPA MILITARY BASE, Estonia (Reuters) - Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been calling for their regio...
Jun 15, 2022
FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 534.72 million, death toll at 6,723,994
By Lynx Insight Service (Reuters) - More than 534.72 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,723,994 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infection...
Jun 15, 2022
EV battery startup Alsym aims to slash cost, eliminate lithium and cobalt
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Alsym Energy, a seven-year-old Massachusetts startup, aims to halve the cost of electric vehicle batteries with a new design that eliminates lithium and cobalt, two increas...
Jun 15, 2022
France announces capture of senior Islamic State figure in Mali
PARIS (Reuters) - France announced on Wednesday that soldiers from its operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa had captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior Islamic Stat...
Jun 15, 2022
Baby formula makers raced for FDA approval. They may be waiting a while
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - To ease the U.S. shortage of baby formula, Nature's One and Holle are poised to ship hundreds of thousands of pounds, if not millions of pounds, of additional ...
Jun 15, 2022
Fed seen revving up inflation fight with sharp rate hike
By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday are expected to deliver the biggest U.S. interest-rate hike in decades, along with forecasts for more hefty rate hikes th...
Jun 15, 2022
Yen slump may open scope for Japan’s central bank to tweak policy
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's resolve to defend its yield cap faces attack from investors betting the central bank could give in to global market forces,...
Jun 15, 2022
