Author Archives: Syndicated Content
El Salvador president’s bitcoin push casts shadow over IMF efforts
By Karin Strohecker and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - A push by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to make his country the first in the world to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender has sparked co...
Jun 07, 2021
EOG Resources names insider Yacob as CEO
(Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer EOG Resources Inc said on Monday President Ezra Yacob would succeed William Thomas as the chief executive officer of the company, effective October. Thomas would ...
Jun 07, 2021
New antibody drug shows promise in mouse study; vaping may increase lung vulnerability to virus
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Jun 07, 2021
Big tech supports global tax, but wants digital services levies axed
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants could benefit from the agreement of the Group of Seven rich countries' agreement to create a global minimum 15% corporate tax rate if the final d...
Jun 07, 2021
U.S. administers 302.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 302,851,917 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 371,520,735 doses in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jun 07, 2021
From Vermont to Kentucky, some Republicans expand voting access in 2021
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont's Republican governor on Monday signed a law requiring the state's top election official to send a mail ballot to every eligible voter, becoming one of th...
Jun 07, 2021
AAA offers safety tips as temperatures rise in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – With forecasts predicting temperatures in the 90s, officials with AAA are offering safety tips to help motorists keep their children, pets and vehicles safe during wh...
Jun 07, 2021
New York couple settle insider trader charge by U.S. SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York-based couple has agreed to pay more than $325,000 to settle charges of insider trading in the stock of a pharmaceutical company where one was employed, The U.S. Secur...
Jun 07, 2021
Four killed by car were victims of anti-Islamic hate crime -Canada police
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Four people killed after a car jumped the curb and ran into them on Sunday night were deliberately targeted in an anti-Islamic hate crime, Canadian police said on Monday. "It was pr...
Jun 07, 2021
AG Nessel warns residents of home improvement scams
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is sharing reminders as many Michiganders prepare for home improvement projects and the summer months create opportunities for sc...
Jun 07, 2021
