Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Special Report-Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing’s favor, document shows
By Steve Stecklow and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beiji...
Dec 17, 2021
NY Fed’s Williams says faster taper creates possibility of rate increases next year
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are focused on bringing inflation down to their 2% goal and ending the taper by March will give them greater "optionality" next year to raise interest rates if ne...
Dec 17, 2021
Coast Guard, officials monitoring ‘potential’ oil spill off California – local media
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard and state officials were monitoring an oil sheen spotted roughly two miles off the coast of California in the same area where a pipeline break caused a spill in Octobe...
Dec 17, 2021
NFL-Warner ready for Hollywood close-up as rag-to-riches journey hits theaters
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Kurt Warner knew long ago that the unconventional route he took to becoming a Super Bowl champion was fit for a feel-good Hollywood script but that does not mean the former...
Dec 17, 2021
Swiss order more COVID-19 jabs, tighten pandemic measures
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is ordering more COVID-19 vaccination doses, the government said on Friday, as it tightened pandemic curbs while opting not to embrace -- for now -- an even stricter lim...
Dec 17, 2021
Canada to oblige some returning travelers to take COVID-19 tests – TVA network
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will announce on Friday that it is once again requiring people returning from short foreign trips to submit a negative COVID-19 test, the French-language TVA network said, ci...
Dec 17, 2021
Workers union Pro warns of strikes at UPM’s Finnish plants
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Plants at UPM-Kymmene could face a workers strike as the forestry firm has not agreed to discuss proposals on a new labour agreement, Finland's Pro trade union said on Friday. The...
Dec 17, 2021
Alibaba says to provide commerce segment earnings breakdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will provide a breakdown of its commerce segment in earnings, CFO Maggie Wu said in an investor presentation on Friday. In the future, the compan...
Dec 17, 2021
Soccer-Inter terminate Eriksen’s contract – club statement
(Reuters) - The Italian Serie A club Inter Milan said on Friday that it had terminated midfielder Christian Eriksen's contract after the Denmark international was suspended from playing because of car...
Dec 17, 2021
Soccer-British sports minister urges reluctant players to get COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - British sports minister Nigel Huddleston has urged footballers who do not intend to get the COVID-19 vaccine to "overcome their reluctance" because it is their social responsibility. With ...
Dec 17, 2021
