Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Theranos founder’s defense may turn on state of mind, experts say
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - As Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial gets underway this week, lawyers for the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur may try to show she was a true believer in the blood-testing tech...
Sep 07, 2021
Tennis-U.S. Open day eight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic continued his quest for a calendar year Grand Slam after weathering an early storm against Jenson Brooksby to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals, w...
Sep 07, 2021
Lions name captains for 2021 season
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Five Detroit Lions players will represent the team as captains during the 2021 season. Linebacker Trey Flowers is the only returning captain from 2020. He is joined...
Sep 07, 2021
U.S. probes Raytheon’s dealings with consultant for Qatar Armed Forces – WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating whether payments by U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Technologies Corp to a consultant for the Qatar Armed Forces may have been bribes intended for a member o...
Sep 07, 2021
EU seeks penalties on Poland in dispute over judicial reform
(Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had asked the EU's top court to impose financial penalties on Poland over the activities of a judges' disciplinary chamber, stepping up a long-ru...
Sep 07, 2021
Tigers pitcher and coach test positive for COVID-19, others also being held out
PITTSBURGH, PA (WKZO AM/FM) – Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez and bench coach George Lombard are both positive for COVID-19. The pair will be separately quarantined for at least 10 days beca...
Sep 07, 2021
Cryptocurrencies selloff widens: Bitcoin down nearly 4%, ether 6%
LONDON (Reuters) - A selloff in cryptocurrencies widened on Tuesday, with bitcoin weakening nearly 4% while smaller rival ether fell more than 6%. The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency wea...
Sep 07, 2021
Global reinsurance rates to keep rising next year – Moody’s
LONDON (Reuters) - Global reinsurance rates are likely to continue rising next year, in the low to mid-single digit percentage range, Moody's analysts said on Tuesday. Reinsurance rates have been risi...
Sep 07, 2021
Green groups call for COP26 climate talks to be postponed due to COVID
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - A coalition of more that 1,500 environmental groups called on Tuesday for major international climate talks due to begin next month to be delayed, saying access t...
Sep 07, 2021
Vaccine makers should supply shots for trials to help spur sector -CEPI
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine makers ought to make their approved shots available for trials to help speed the development of more vaccines, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) s...
Sep 07, 2021
