Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Eli Lilly profit falls 18% on higher costs
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co reported an 18% fall in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by higher drug development expenses. The company's net income fell to $1.73 billion, or $1.90 per share, in...
Feb 03, 2022
U.S. banks see business lending driving 2022 growth
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demand for business loans is picking up in the United States as an economic recovery drives consumer spending and encourages companies to bulk up inven...
Feb 03, 2022
Philippines passes law to tackle anonymous social media abuse
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines lawmakers have approved legislation requiring social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers when creating new accounts, ...
Feb 03, 2022
Olympics-IOC President to meet Peng Shuai in Olympic ‘closed loop’
BEIJING (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will meet Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai inside the 'closed loop' of the Beijing Olympics, he said on Thursday. The well-bei...
Feb 03, 2022
Hackers hold Hula Hoops hostage in cyber-raid on Britain’s KP Snacks
LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers are hitting Britain where it hurts by targeting some of its favourite savoury snacks, with the likes of Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Butterkist popcorn and Nik Naks in their cyber s...
Feb 03, 2022
South Africa urges Rio Tinto workers to report cases of discrimination
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's labour ministry on Thursday urged Rio Tinto workers to report instances of discrimination after the Anglo-Australian miner released an internal report detailing...
Feb 03, 2022
Rights court points to ‘systemic dysfunction’ in Polish judges’ appointments
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights pointed on Thursday to a "systemic dysfunction in judicial appointments procedure in Poland", ruling that a company had been denied its right to a...
Feb 03, 2022
Olympics-‘Boycott banter’ to be doused by opening, says Games organiser
By Iain Axon BEIJING (Reuters) - Friday's start of the Beijing Winter Olympics will turn attention away from criticism over human rights, which China rejects, a spokesperson for the organising committ...
Feb 03, 2022
Global copper smelting surges in January, satellite data shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Global copper smelting activity powered to a 13-month peak in January as operations in China ramped up ahead of seasonal construction demand, data from satellite surveillance of cop...
Feb 03, 2022
Carlyle’s Q4 earnings jump nearly fourfold on record asset sales
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) - Carlyle Group Inc said on Thursday its fourth-quarter distributable earnings increased almost fourfold thanks to a record level of asset sales from its private equity port...
Feb 03, 2022
