Author Archives: Syndicated Content
California governor signs $15 billion package to tackle climate change
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a $15 billion package that will fund programs to tackle drought and climate change in the state after a devastating wildfire s...
Sep 24, 2021
Wall Street eyes four more years for Powell at Fed
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell remains favored for renomination by the White House, and if recent history repeats itself a decision may come at any time before th...
Sep 24, 2021
New Beijing stock exchange to run technical tests ahead of trading
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's newly-established Beijing Stock Exchange has said it plans to run two comprehensive technical tests with market players, one as early as Saturday, in a sign that the start...
Sep 24, 2021
Crackdown-hit Alibaba to divest 5% stake in Chinese broadcaster
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An investment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, targeted in a regulatory crackdown, will divest its entire stake of 5.01% in broadcaster Mango Excellent M...
Sep 24, 2021
Vietnam delays reopening resort island over low vaccination rate
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has pushed back a plan to re-open the resort island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists until November, after failing to meet targets for inoculating residents due to insufficien...
Sep 24, 2021
Taiwan’s TSMC says working to overcome global chip shortage
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's TSMC said on Friday it is actively supporting and working with all stakeholders to overcome a global semiconductor shortage, after its participation at a White House meetin...
Sep 24, 2021
Rochester Police say one officer charged in Daniel Prude case
(Reuters) - The Rochester Police Department said that one officer was served with "departmental charges" in relation to the March 2020 restraint of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation l...
Sep 24, 2021
Japan’s SBI to extend offer for Shinsei by a month on some conditions
TOKYO (Reuters) - SBI Holdings said on Friday it would extend the deadline for its $1.1 billion unsolicited tender offer to Nov. 24 from Oct. 25 for Shinsei Bank if Shinsei agrees to meet certain cond...
Sep 24, 2021
CanSinoBIO’s COVID vaccine, tested at lower dosage, safe for children -study
BEIJING (Reuters) - CanSino Biologics Inc's (CanSinoBIO) single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, given at a lower dosage than that for adults, is safe and triggers an immune response in children aged 6-17, resu...
Sep 24, 2021
Japan’s ruling party race puts legacy of Abenomics in focus
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's widening wealth gap has emerged as a key issue in a ruling party leadership contest that will decide who becomes the next prime minister, with candidates forc...
Sep 23, 2021
