Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Billionaire investor launches board fight at Athira, wants CEO replaced
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Richard (Ric) Kayne is seeking two board seats at Athira Pharma, arguing the biotech company needs a new chief executive officer to succe...
Mar 30, 2022
Europe must shut ports to Russian ships, Ukraine president tells Norwegian parliament
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway and the rest of Europe should close their sea ports to Russian ships, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Norwegian parliament on Wednesday. "The European Union, an...
Mar 30, 2022
Swiss to lift last of COVID-19 restrictions from April 1
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will lift the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions from Friday, the government said on Wednesday, as the country seeks to live with the virus. The obligation to w...
Mar 30, 2022
China’s CCTV shows NBA game, ending 18-month blackout
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state broadcaster CCTV aired a National Basketball Association (NBA) game for the first time in 18 months on Wednesday, raising hopes that relations between the league and ...
Mar 30, 2022
Portugal’s largest retailer’s websites, some services hit by hackers
LISBON (Reuters) - A cyber attack brought down the websites of Portugal's largest food retailer Modelo Continente and affected some services in its stores on Wednesday, said the company, which is owne...
Mar 30, 2022
Russia’s siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol
By Max Hunder (Reuters) - Ukraine's southern port of Mariupol has been under fire since early in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a siege has trapped tens of thousands of people there with dwindling s...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. private payrolls increase solidly in March – ADP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private employers maintained a strong pace of hiring in March, in a boost to the labor market, data showed on Wednesday. Private payrolls increased by 455,000 jobs last mon...
Mar 30, 2022
Germany won’t let up in drive to ensure Russia sanctions effective
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and its partners in the international community will not let up in their efforts to ensure that sanctions against Russia's economy are not undermined, a government spokesper...
Mar 30, 2022
Indonesia revokes forest concession permits covering over 400,000 hectares
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has withdrawn concession permits from 15 companies, covering 482,198.72 hectares (1.19 million acres) of forests, in an effort to improve governance and transparency in i...
Mar 30, 2022
Exclusive-Hackers who crippled Viasat modems in Ukraine are still active- company official
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers who crippled tens of thousands of satellite modems in Ukraine and across Europe are still trying to hobble U.S. telecommunications...
Mar 30, 2022
