Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. says moving quickly to permit renewables on public lands
(Reuters) - The Biden administration has approved two major solar projects in the California desert and is working on permit applications for 50 more clean energy facilities, it said on Tuesday as it ...
Dec 21, 2021
Delta CEO asks CDC to cut quarantine time for breakthrough COVID cases
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian on Tuesday asked the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to shrink quarantine guidelines for fully vaccinated individual...
Dec 21, 2021
Canada should temporarily ban foreign home buyers, rezone cities – housing minister
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Municipalities should rezone broadly to allow more density and Canada should temporarily ban foreign buyers to help alleviate the housing affordability crunch faced ...
Dec 21, 2021
Musk’s SpaceX hit by 132 COVID-19 cases
By Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company has reported 132 COVID-19 cases at its California headquarters, a fourth of the total number of cases in non-residential loca...
Dec 21, 2021
Wall Street closes up strongly with boost from Nike, Micron, following Omicron slide
(Updates with close of U.S. market) By Lewis Krauskopf, Shreyashi Sanyal and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes ended sharply higher on Tuesday, with strength in travel and te...
Dec 21, 2021
NBA: No reason to pause, vaccines are working
NBA leadership made the decision that games will go on based on one driving factor: science. While the NFL shifted testing protocol and the NHL paused games until Monday, commissioner Adam Silver said...
Dec 21, 2021
Israel to offer fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Tuesday that it will offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60, amid concern over the spread of the Omicron variant. (Reporting by Stephen...
Dec 21, 2021
Israeli troops kill Palestinian motorist suspected of ramming West Bank checkpoint
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian motorist they suspected of attempting to drive his vehicle into a military checkpoint near a West Bank settlement on Tuesday, the Israeli...
Dec 21, 2021
Oxford, AstraZeneca launch work on Omicron-targeted vaccine – FT
(Reuters) - Oxford University and AstraZeneca Plc have begun work to produce an Omicron-targeted version of their coronavirus vaccine, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Maria Ponn...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. consumer bureau orders fintech firm LendUp to halt new loans, pay fine
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it ordered LendUp Loans to pay a $100,000 penalty, halt issuing new loans and stop collec...
Dec 21, 2021
