Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Video game publisher Electronic Arts lowers annual adjusted sales forecast
(Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc lowered its annual adjusted sales forecast after missing quarterly estimates on Tuesday, as the video game publisher faces the brunt of easing pandemic restrictions and...
Feb 01, 2022
Drought prompts Portugal to order hydropower dams to limit water use
LISBON (Reuters) - Facing a worrying winter drought, Portugal's government on Tuesday ordered some of the country's hydropower dams to temporarily limit water use for electricity production and irriga...
Feb 01, 2022
Explainer-What is Congress doing to strengthen U.S. election laws?
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope to prevent a repeat of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by reforming a 135-year-old election law laying out the r...
Feb 01, 2022
Hitchhiking in Earth’s orbit, asteroid may be with us for 4,000 years
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earth's orbit is about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide and might remain as a hitchhiker with our planet for...
Feb 01, 2022
Bipartisan senator group urges U.S. EPA against retroactive cut to biofuel requirements
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. farm-state lawmakers have urged the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate a proposed retroactive cut to biofuel blending requi...
Feb 01, 2022
Earnings beats underwhelm as Wall Street looks for good news
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. earnings news has been less impressive this reporting season than in recent quarters, giving some investors another reason to worry after Wall Street...
Feb 01, 2022
Fed’s Bullard sees rate hikes now, then time to assess
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors lifting rates at the U.S. central bank's meeting in March and likely again in May. But he pushed b...
Feb 01, 2022
Former U.S. security officials urge Congress to act on China legislation
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen former senior U.S. national security officials have pressed congressional leaders to quickly pass legislation to boost technology funding, c...
Feb 01, 2022
Spotify’s plan to add advisory to COVID podcasts is a positive step – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Spotify's plan to add a content advisory to any discussion of COVID-19 on its platform is a positive step, but tech platforms should do more to prevent the spread of misinformati...
Feb 01, 2022
Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada name Staal captain of men’s team in Beijing
(Reuters) - Eric Staal has been named captain of the Canadian men's ice hockey team that will compete at the Beijing Olympics, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday. Wi...
Feb 01, 2022
