Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China to step up financing support for small firms
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will boost financing support for small firms by increasing annual relending quotas by 300 billion yuan ($46.39 billion), the cabinet said on Wednesday. China will step up supp...
Sep 01, 2021
NHC: 30% chance of cyclone over southwestern Caribbean Sea
(Reuters) - A rain system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea has a 30% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. "Some slow develo...
Sep 01, 2021
Cathie Wood buys the Zoom dip, invests over $56 million
(Corrects syntax in paragraph 1) (Reuters) - Star investor Cathie Wood's funds have scooped up $56.5 million worth of shares in Zoom Video Communications Inc as the video conferencing company's stock ...
Sep 01, 2021
Taliban says it has surrounded Afghan resistance fighters, calls for peace
By James Mackenzie and Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - The Taliban has surrounded the only remaining province resisting its rule, a senior leader said on Wednesday, calling on rebels to negotiate a settlemen...
Sep 01, 2021
Exclusive: Amazon CEO unveils 55,000 tech jobs in first hiring push under his watch
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months, Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Reuters. That's equal t...
Sep 01, 2021
North Korea turns down Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses – WSJ
(Reuters) - North Korea has rejected roughly three million COVID-19 vaccine doses developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, saying the shots should be sent to harder-hit countries, the Wall Street Journal...
Sep 01, 2021
Italy’s former PM Berlusconi leaves hospital after check-ups
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi left Milan's San Raffaele Hospital on Wednesday after being admitted in the morning for a new health check-up, a party source told Reute...
Sep 01, 2021
Insurers may take $18 billion hit from Hurricane Ida – industry experts
(Reuters) - Insurers are bracing for a hit of about $18 billion from Hurricane Ida in the United States and the Caribbean, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Wednesday. The nu...
Sep 01, 2021
No tougher Swiss coronavirus curbs for now despite rising cases
ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland will not tighten curbs on public life for now despite rising coronavirus cases, the government said on Wednesday, reserving the right to make people show a COVID-status c...
Sep 01, 2021
Biden infrastructure plan takes on EV charging’s inequality problem
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - The Biden administration has an ambitious $7.5 billion plan to expand electric vehicle charging to underserved areas, but it must first overcome a host of obstacles that hav...
Sep 01, 2021
