Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France launches terrorism probe over attack in northern Benin
PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Thursday they had opened a terrorism investigation into a recent attack on park rangers in northern Benin, in which a French national was among six people ...
Feb 10, 2022
Biogen urges Medicare to reverse proposed limits on coverage of Alzheimer’s drug
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Biogen Inc is urging Medicare to broadly reimburse its recently authorized Alzheimer's drug, in response to a proposal by the U.S. government to sharply limit coverage of...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. posts $119 billion budget surplus in January; first in over 2 years
(Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $119 billion budget surplus in January, the first in more than two years, amid strong growth in tax receipts and a sharp drop in pandemic-related outlays, the ...
Feb 10, 2022
Super Bowl ads are moving on from pandemic with humor and hope
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year ago, many Super Bowl advertisers tiptoed into the U.S. football championship trying to respectfully acknowledge a difficult year in the COVID-19 pandemi...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. seeks trade talks with Mexico over marine life protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking consultations with Mexico over its environmental obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, including protection of the endangered va...
Feb 10, 2022
Quad ministers convene to address Indo-Pacific ‘coercion’, climate, COVID
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kirsty Needham MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Climate change, COVID and China's "coercion" in the Indo-Pacific will top the agenda when foreign ministers of the Quad - an informal grouping...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. and China U.N. envoys trade barbs on Russia and Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday she hopes China will urge Russia to "do the right thing" on Ukraine, prompting her Chinese counterp...
Feb 10, 2022
Marketing tech startup Branch valued at $4 billion after latest funding
(Reuters) - Palo Alto-based Branch, which makes tools that help businesses measure their marketing programs, said on Thursday it raised $300 million in fresh capital that valued the company at $4 bill...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. mortgage rates jump to two-year high, further squeezing buyers
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) -U.S. mortgage rates increased to a two-year high last week and could keep rising, a trend which may further squeeze first-time buyers struggling to overcome higher home pr...
Feb 10, 2022
U.S. SEC proposes changes to whistleblower program to capture more tipsters
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday proposed changing the rules of its whistleblower program to make it easier for tipsters to claim bount...
Feb 10, 2022
