Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Special Report-U.S. rushed contracts to COVID-19 suppliers with troubled plants
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Trump administration debated whether to declare COVID-19 a national emergency early last year, a little-known U.S. health office issued a public plea to ...
Dec 02, 2021
Dollar General narrows annual sales forecast
(Reuters) - Dollar General Corp narrowed its full-year sales forecast on Thursday, as returning consumer appetite for discretionary items help counter easing demand for groceries. The company now expe...
Dec 02, 2021
TD Bank beats profit estimates, lifts dividend 13%
(Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank on Thursday beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit, driven by growth across its U.S. and Canadian retail banking divisions, and raised its dividend by 13%. Can...
Dec 02, 2021
Canada’s CIBC profit misses on higher provisions, lifts dividend 10%
TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce missed analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as it raised loan-loss provisions by 36% in its personal and commercial banking u...
Dec 02, 2021
Belarusian KGB set up fake social media accounts to inflame migrant crisis, Meta says
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - Facebook's parent company Meta has linked the Belarusian KGB to the setting up of dozens of fake social media accounts of people posing as journalists and activis...
Dec 02, 2021
Tourism pause helps Philippines clean up island paradise
By Adrian Portugal BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - For 23-year-old tour guide Samuel Garilao, the beaches on the popular Philippines island of Boracay have never been cleaner and the water never clea...
Dec 02, 2021
EU sues France, Portugal and three others over EU arrest warrant law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said it had opened infringement proceedings against France, Malta, Latvia, Portugal and Slovakia as a result of their incomplete or incorrect transposition...
Dec 02, 2021
EU ends legal steps against Poland over supreme court judges retirement regime
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission ended on Thursday legal steps against Poland over a retirement regime for Supreme Court judges set up by Poland's ruling eurosceptic and nationalist PiS pa...
Dec 02, 2021
Sweden finds bird flu on small poultry farm as virus spreads
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A case of bird flu has been detected on a small, private farm with ducks and hens in southern Sweden, authorities said, after several recent outbreaks at poultry farms across Eur...
Dec 02, 2021
Singapore reports 2 Omicron variant cases
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore on Thursday detected two imported cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, both of whom have been isolated, its health ministry said. Contact tracing was ongoing for pass...
Dec 02, 2021
