Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EV firm Faraday Future appoints AlixPartners’ Becky Roof as interim CFO
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle firm Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc said on Tuesday it appointed Becky Roof as interim chief financial officer. Roof, who serves as managing director with consult...
Mar 01, 2022
Rivian hikes vehicle prices by 20%, citing inflationary pressure
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc said on Tuesday it is raising the starting price of its R1T electric pickup trucks by about 17% and its R1S sport utility ...
Mar 01, 2022
Hong Kong government urges residents spooked by citywide lockdown not to panic
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government said any decision to impose a COVID-19 lockdown would take into account the global financial hub's status and ensure basic needs such as food and urged anx...
Mar 01, 2022
Scientist uses tiny trackers to keep tabs on funnel-web spiders
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some Sydney funnel-web spiders are scrambling into the Australian brush carrying special cargo: a telemetry tracker to study how far a mature male can travel at night...
Mar 01, 2022
Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT art
By Daniel Fastenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital art collecting platform Neon has launched the first in-person non-fungible token (NFT) vending machine in New York City, aiming to make online art pie...
Mar 01, 2022
Credit rating agency Scope downgrades Russia’s sovereign debt rating to ‘BB+’
(Reuters) - Credit rating agency Scope cut Russia's sovereign debt ratings to BB+ on Tuesday and placed them under review for further downgrade, citing "severe strengthening" of the sanctions imposed ...
Mar 01, 2022
Ukraine’s besieged cities brace for more Russian attacks
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's besieged cities were bracing for more attacks on Wednesday as Russian commanders facing fierce Ukrainian resistance intensify their bombardment of urban areas in a push towa...
Mar 01, 2022
Moscow threatens to block Russian-language Wikipedia over invasion article
(Reuters) - Russian authorities have threatened to block Wikipedia's Russian-language site over an article that mentions deaths among Ukrainian civilians as well as the Russian forces that have entere...
Mar 01, 2022
Costa Rica election poll shows Chaves gaining ground over ex-president
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Former Costa Rica finance minister Rodrigo Chaves is emerging as the favorite in April's presidential election runoff, a poll from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) showed on Tue...
Mar 01, 2022
Huizenga calls on U.S. stock markets to permanently suspend trading of Russian companies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) — On Tuesday, March 1, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee released the ...
Mar 01, 2022
