Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to halt Biden vaccine mandates
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday is set to consider requests by Republican state officials and business groups to block President Joe Biden's...
Jan 07, 2022
Exclusive-Congressional watchdog warns U.S. health agency unprepared to take over COVID vaccine program
By Marisa Taylor and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appears unprepared to assume full responsibility for the nation's COVID-19 vaccine progr...
Jan 07, 2022
Weak testing, data outage leave Brazil ‘in the dark’ as Omicron advances
By Pedro Fonseca and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Insufficient testing for COVID-19 and a data blackout caused by hackers have left Brazil in the dark as it grapples with a wave of infecti...
Jan 07, 2022
Three men to be sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery murder
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in 2020, are due to be sentenced to life...
Jan 07, 2022
Exclusive-China’s Kaisa pressured by local government to repay wealth product investors – sources
By Julie Zhu and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Under pressure from authorities, Chinese property firm Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd is working furiously to come up with a feasible plan to repay wealth pr...
Jan 07, 2022
Investors shun U.S. Treasuries, stockpile cash – BOFA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors have stormed out of U.S. Treasuries and pumped money into cash and bank loans since the start of the year as global markets have braced for higher interest rates, BofA's w...
Jan 07, 2022
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz sees 5% sales drop in 2021
BERLIN (Reuters) - Daimler's Mercedes-Benz sold 2.05 million vehicles in 2021, the company said on Friday, losing its crown for the first time in five years as the premium carmaker with the most vehic...
Jan 07, 2022
Take Five: Earnings, yields and COVID-19
It didn't take long for speedbumps to appear as markets rev up for 2022. Rising U.S. Treasury yields, sparked by growing speculation the Federal Reserve could start its rate hike cycle as early as Mar...
Jan 07, 2022
China to launch market-making on STAR Market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's securities regulator said on Friday it will pilot market-making on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market in a bid to deepen reforms and improve liquidity. Qualified brokerage...
Jan 07, 2022
Japan’s JERA to develop ammonia-related tech with green fund backing
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's biggest power generator JERA said it would spend 69.2 billion yen ($597 million) on the development of ammonia-related technology, with nearly 70% covered by the government's...
Jan 07, 2022
