Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK watchdogs quash call for flexibility on March Libor milestone
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A Bank of England-backed industry group has resisted a call by a lobby for the loan market to be flexible on a "significant" but long flagged milestone for scrapping th...
Mar 24, 2021
Top Senate Republican blasts sweeping U.S. election reform bill as ‘power grab’
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blasted a sweeping election reform bill passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives earlier this mon...
Mar 24, 2021
UK PM Johnson suggests pubs might bring in vaccine passport schemes
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested on Wednesday that some pubs might require customers to produce vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely. A...
Mar 24, 2021
Trying to halt March badness, Flyers face improving Rangers
The slumping Philadelphia Flyers will hope to avoid a fourth consecutive loss when they host the New York Rangers on Thursday. Despite a late flurry, the Flyers fell 4-3 to the New Jersey Devils on Tu...
Mar 24, 2021
Russia’s Putin signs bill to lift age limits for top officials
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday allowing civilian officials he has appointed to remain in their posts past the age of 70 if they choose, a government website said...
Mar 24, 2021
Uber teams up with ScriptDrop to expand prescription delivery access in U.S.
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc will work with prescription delivery services provider ScriptDrop to enable customers in 37 U.S. states to receive medication at their doorstep, the ride-hailing serv...
Mar 24, 2021
Report: Texans save $24.6M with restructured deals
Salary-cap maneuvering by the Houston Texans will save the team a reported $24.6 million against the 2021 salary cap. The figure is slightly above the dead money hit the franchise would assume by trad...
Mar 24, 2021
UK’s Johnson mulls tougher rules for France as EU’s COVID situation ‘difficult’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain might have to toughen restrictions on arrivals from France, including hauliers, to defend against new variants of the COVID-19 virus spreading from the rest of Europe where ...
Mar 24, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 cases top 30 million as states race to vaccinate
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - The United States crossed 30 million coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as states accelerate the vaccination process by lowering age limits. Healt...
Mar 24, 2021
Ukraine procurement agency says cannot accept first batch of China’s Sinovac vaccine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's state Medical Procurement Agency (MPA) said on Wednesday it cannot accept the first batch of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine because the supplier did not provide the requir...
Mar 24, 2021
