Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heart inflammation after COVID-19 shots higher-than-expected in study of U.S. military
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. military who were vaccinated against COVID-19 showed higher-than-expected rates of heart inflammation, although the condition was still extremely rare...
Jun 29, 2021
Facebook sues California marketing firm, Vietnamese group for online scams
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Tuesday sued a California marketing company and its representatives as well as a Vietnam-based group of individuals in separate lawsuits for running deceptive and unauthori...
Jun 29, 2021
U.S. Justice Department says Google depositions should be in person
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An attorney for the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that he wanted depositions planned for August in an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google to be live rather tha...
Jun 29, 2021
GM expects to work with the UAW at battery plants – executive
DETROIT (Reuters) -A top executive of General Motors Co on Tuesday expressed strong support for efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize U.S. electric vehicle battery plants it is building...
Jun 29, 2021
Amazon scoops up exclusive rights to celebrity podcast ‘SmartLess’
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had signed an exclusive rights deal with "SmartLess", a podcast hosted by Hollywood actors Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes in which they talk to...
Jun 29, 2021
Facebook launches newsletter product Bulletin
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc launched its newsletter product 'Bulletin' on Tuesday, a standalone platform that will aim to rival Substack. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the project and introduced some of ...
Jun 29, 2021
Bill curtailing indigenous land rights advances in Brazil’s Congress
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations in Brazil advanced in Congress on Tuesday in what indigenous leaders said coul...
Jun 29, 2021
Czechs ban travel to Russia, Tunisia due to coronavirus variants
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Health Ministry has banned Czechs from travelling to Russia, Tunisia and other countries due to the spread of COVID-19 variants there, the ministry said on Tuesday. The Cze...
Jun 29, 2021
U.S. SEC taps New Jersey attorney general to head enforcement unit
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday tapped New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to head its enforcement unit tasked with policing...
Jun 29, 2021
Yellen, Indian counterpart discuss shared interest in ‘robust’ minimum tax -Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday discussed a shared interest between the United States and India to implement a "robust" global minimum tax, the Treasury said aft...
Jun 29, 2021
