Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Older people in Moscow told to stay home for four months amid COVID surge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Moscow city government on Tuesday ordered elderly people to stay home for four months and told businesses to have at least 30% of staff work from home amid a surge in COVID-19 c...
Oct 19, 2021
Explainer-Net zero: just patching over emissions or path for saving planet?
By Shadia Nasralla and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - More than 190 countries committed in 2015 to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in an effort to stave ...
Oct 19, 2021
EU starts debate on budget rules amid high debt, investment needs
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission opened a debate on Tuesday on how to reform the European Union's fiscal rules to deal with a pandemic-induced surge in public debt and ...
Oct 19, 2021
Shipping industry faces ESG heat from lenders
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are demanding much stricter environmental criteria when financing shipping companies as investor pressure grows on the sector to accelerate going greener, acc...
Oct 19, 2021
FDA proposes over-the-counter hearing aids for Americans
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed creation of a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to be sold directly to the millions of Americans in need of the ...
Oct 19, 2021
Germany’s RWE expects to invest $21 billion in Britain by 2030
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -RWE, Germany's largest power producer, said on Tuesday it expects its investment in green technologies and infrastructure in Britain to reach 15 billion pounds ($21 billion) by 20...
Oct 19, 2021
Portugal honours hero diplomat who saved thousands of Jews
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal paid tribute on Tuesday to former diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who defied the Salazar dictatorship to issue visas to tens of thousands of Jews an...
Oct 19, 2021
Bayer sees no guidance hit from hurricane, planting trends
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayer sees no impact on its full-year guidance from customers' changing planting habits or a five-week shutdown at its main glyphosate production site in Louisiana after Hurricane I...
Oct 19, 2021
Soccer-Lazio owner Lotito’s ban reduced to two months after appeal
ROME (Reuters) - Lazio president Claudio Lotito's ban for COVID-19 protocol violations was reduced to two months by the federal appeal court on Tuesday. The Serie A club's owner was appealing against ...
Oct 19, 2021
Oracle’s NetSuite adds banking features to its software; HSBC is first partner
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Oracle Corp's NetSuite on Tuesday said it will put automated banking features into its accounting software for businesses, with HSBC Holdings Plc as its first partner to ...
Oct 19, 2021
