Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EV startup Rivian to build $5 billion plant in Georgia, posts quarterly loss
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -Amazon-backed electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc on Thursday said it will build a $5 billion plant in Georgia, its second U.S. assembly plant, as it looks...
Dec 16, 2021
Kellogg reaches another tentative deal with union – Omaha union president
(Reuters) -Kellogg Co has reached an agreement on a new contract with the union representing its striking employees at the company's U.S. breakfast cereal plants, days after the workers voted down a p...
Dec 16, 2021
FedEx returns to original profit target ahead of holiday peak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp reinstated its original fiscal 2022 forecast on Thursday, even as persistent labor woes chipped away profits ahead of the peak holiday season when...
Dec 16, 2021
NFL-League updates COVID-19 protocols as cases surge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) updated its COVID-19 protocols on Thursday amid a surge of new cases, requiring masks regardless of vaccination status, eliminating in-person me...
Dec 16, 2021
Lucia Hiriart, widow of Chilean dictator Pinochet, dies aged 99
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Lucia Hiriart, the widow of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died on Thursday at the age of 99, her family said. Her death came three days before a po...
Dec 16, 2021
Town in western Serbia scraps plan for lithium mine project
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The authorities in Serbia's western town of Loznica said on Thursday it was scrapping a plan adopted this year to open a lithium mine in the area after opposition from activists, ...
Dec 16, 2021
Workers sue tornado-hit Kentucky candle factory, say they were forced to stay
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Workers at a Kentucky candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado last week have filed a lawsuit claiming supervisors threatened to fire employees who left work as the...
Dec 16, 2021
BOJ may scale back emergency funding as pandemic strains ease
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to keep monetary policy ultra-loose on Friday but may dial back emergency pandemic-funding, less than 48 hours after the U.S. Federal Reserve...
Dec 16, 2021
Deaths at Travis Scott concert in Houston were accidental, medical examiner says
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The deaths of 10 people at a Houston rap concert in November were accidental, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. A stampede of fans at rap star Travis Scott's Ast...
Dec 16, 2021
Liquor distribution exec gets six weeks in prison in U.S. college scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of a liquor distribution company was sentenced on Thursday to six weeks in prison for paying $575,000 to rig her son's college entrance exam and ...
Dec 16, 2021
