Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Ice hockey-Finland outclass Switzerland to win bronze
By Amy Tennery BEIJING (Reuters) - Finland crushed Switzerland 4-0 on Wednesday to claim the Olympic women's ice hockey bronze medal. Viivi Vainikka slipped the puck past Swiss netminder Andrea Braend...
Feb 16, 2022
Embraer’s Eve gets orders for 90 electric aircraft from Australian firms
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Embraer SA's electric aircraft subsidiary Eve has received orders from Australian charter firms Aviair, HeliSpirit and Microflite for up to 90 electric vertical take-off and land...
Feb 16, 2022
U.S. retail sales beat expectations in January; December figures revised lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rebounded sharply in January amid a surge in purchases of motor vehicles and other goods, but higher prices could blunt the impact on economic growth this quar...
Feb 16, 2022
Olympics-Short track-Choi retains 1,500 title, Fontana bags record 11th medal
By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) -South Korea's Choi Min-jeong retained her short track speed skating 1,500 metres title as Arianna Fontana bagged a record-breaking 11th Olympic medal at the Beijing...
Feb 16, 2022
Actor Saget’s family sues to block public release of death records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of comedian and actor Bob Saget has filed a lawsuit to block Florida officials from publicly releasing photographs and other records from an investigation into his de...
Feb 16, 2022
Golf-Spaniard Rahm voted 2021 Player of the Year
(Reuters) - World number one Jon Rahm has been voted the 2021 Player of the Year by professionals on the DP World Tour, picking up the Seve Ballesteros Award named after his fellow Spaniard, organiser...
Feb 16, 2022
Analysis – Erdogan’s plan to steer Turkish economy out of winter of crisis
By Jonathan Spicer and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan's government is hoping that Turks will endure soaring living costs for just a few more months before inflation begi...
Feb 16, 2022
Canada’s annual inflation rate hits 30-year high in January
(Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated again in January to hit a 30-year high of 5.1%, as food and housing costs continued to rise, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. The figure is t...
Feb 16, 2022
Norway minister says unable to prevent transfer of Telenor data to Myanmar rulers
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government is unable to prevent a transfer of customer metadata from telecoms operator Telenor's Myanmar unit to the Asian country's military rulers, N...
Feb 16, 2022
Blackstone to buy Preferred Apartment Communities in $5.8 billion deal
(Reuters) -Real estate investment trust Preferred Apartment Communities Inc said on Wednesday Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust will buy it in a $5.8 billion deal. The world's biggest alternate asse...
Feb 16, 2022
