Author Archives: Syndicated Content
G20 finance leaders to debate inflation, fallout from tighter policy
By Leika Kihara and Gayatri Suroyo TOKYO/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Finance leaders of the world's top 20 economies will debate the fallout from lingering geopolitical tensions, rising global inflation and t...
Feb 16, 2022
Lawsuit over Pfizer’s disclosures before Chantix recall is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit by consumers who accused Pfizer Inc of failing to disclose the presence of cancer-causin...
Feb 16, 2022
U.S. Senate expected to hold procedural vote on stopgap spending bill on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on a stop-gap funding bill on Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday. The spending bill would keep the f...
Feb 16, 2022
Brazil’s Embraer signs R&D partnership with Widerøe and Rolls-Royce on sustainable aircraft
(Reuters) - Brazil planemaker Embraer said on Wednesday it signed a research partnership with Norwegian company Widere and Rolls-Royce aiming to create a conceptual zero-emission regional aircraft. Th...
Feb 16, 2022
Explainer-Regulators are probing block trading on Wall St, but what is a block?
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether certain banks may have broken the rules by tipping off hedge funds ahead of large sales of shares, or "block trades," a...
Feb 16, 2022
Mexico border city auto workers gear up for union vote in trade deal test
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two years after workers at Mexico's Tridonex auto-parts plant began a campaign to replace a union that they accused of failing to push for higher wages, t...
Feb 16, 2022
Fauci says time to start ‘inching’ back toward normality
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that it is time for the United States to start inching back towards normality, despite r...
Feb 16, 2022
Marriott, AirBnB, others see global travel rebounding in 2022
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marriott and Hilton, two of the biggest U.S. hotel chains, told investors they expect people to resume packing their bags for business and leisure this year at ra...
Feb 16, 2022
EU launches summit reset with Africa after pandemic pause
By John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU will welcome more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made he...
Feb 16, 2022
Moderna eyes COVID booster by August, not clear yet if Omicron-specific needed
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An Omicron-specific booster could be ready by August, the CEO of U.S. biotech firm Moderna told Reuters, but the firm is still gathering clinical data to de...
Feb 16, 2022
