Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Applied Materials aims to improve chip production for electric vehicles
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Applied Materials on Wednesday released two new tools aimed at improving the efficiency of making a new class of chips for electric vehicles. Applied is the world's large...
Sep 08, 2021
UK’s Exscientia, Gates Foundation partner to develop variant-resistant COVID-19 drugs
(Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would make a $35 million equity investment in privately owned Exscientia Ltd to fund the development of antiviral drugs including for the coronavirus, t...
Sep 08, 2021
EU ready to continue Afghanistan aid but watching new government
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to continue with emergency aid to Afghanistan but will keep a close eye on the new Taliban government, a senior member of the bloc's executive said on ...
Sep 08, 2021
EU to mull changes to budget rules, debt, green investment in focus
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers will begin discussing on Friday how to change their budget rules to deal with a huge rise in government debt during the corona...
Sep 08, 2021
Kalamazoo County among hardest hit areas as severe storms blew through Michigan Tuesday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening across the state left damage and over 100,000 power outages, many of them in Southwest Michigan. Kalamazoo County ...
Sep 08, 2021
Qualcomm CEO open to working with foundry partners in Europe
By Christoph Steitz MUNICH (Reuters) - Semiconductor supplier Qualcomm is open to working with foundries in Europe if incentive programmes to boost automotive chip production on the continent attract ...
Sep 08, 2021
China’s cabinet says it will stabilise market expectations- state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - A meeting of China's cabinet chaired by Premier Li Keqiang said China will stabilise market expectations and maintain stable economic operations, according to a report by state rad...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. mortgage application volumes at lowest since mid-July -MBA
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - The number of applications for home mortgages decreased last week to the lowest level since mid-July, dampened by declines in refinancing activity and purchase applications a...
Sep 08, 2021
As rates hug zero, former BOJ chief Shirakawa casts doubt on mainstream policy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The validity of mainstream economics and monetary policy prescriptions are now being questioned, as many central banks face zero interest rates after struggling to pr...
Sep 08, 2021
Meningitis outbreak kills 129 in north-east Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267 people who have been infected since the first cases were discovered...
Sep 08, 2021
