Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fisker to collaborate with Foxconn on electric vehicle project, shares jump
(Reuters) - Electric-car maker Fisker Inc said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Foxconn on an electric vehicle project and forecast that production would start in the fourth quarter of 2023. Fisk...
Feb 24, 2021
Brazil distributors scramble for diesel amid Petrobras shakeup
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian fuel distributors are scrambling to secure diesel supplies for March and April after state-run oil company Petrobras said it would not fully meet...
Feb 24, 2021
EU seeks views on gig workers’ rights ahead of new law by year end
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission kicked off a public consultation on Wednesday to determine whether to propose a law that would give gig economy workers greater rights as c...
Feb 24, 2021
Japan to receive more than two million COVID-19 vaccine doses in March
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will receive up to 2.3 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Pfizer Inc in March, the minister overseeing Japan's vaccination programme, Taro Kono, said on Wednesday. Japan la...
Feb 24, 2021
Air taxi startup Joby to go public in $6.6 billion blank-check deal
By Paul Lienert and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Joby Aviation, the 12-year-old electric air taxi startup partnered with Toyota Motor Corp and Uber Technologies, will go public in a $6.6 billion reverse me...
Feb 24, 2021
Nasdaq futures subdued as tech sell-off deepens
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the tech-heavy Nasdaq were muted on Wednesday after sliding for six straight sessions as investors swapped growth-oriented technology shares with stocks that...
Feb 24, 2021
Kalamazoo EMTs had unique privilege of being part of Presidential motorcade last week
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A group of Kalamazoo-area EMTs who were asked to be part of the Presidential motorcade last week when President Biden visited Portage are sharing some stories about th...
Feb 24, 2021
Germany confirms it will receive 16 million AstraZeneca doses in second quarter
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said it expected to receive 16 million doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in the second quarter, the health ministry said. That could represent a shortfall from the ...
Feb 24, 2021
Japan advisers urge quick adoption of carbon pricing to hit emissions goal
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must introduce carbon pricing and fiscal incentives for green investment to achieve its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050, private-sector members of a key...
Feb 24, 2021
Goldman Sachs-backed ReNew Power to go public via $8-billion SPAC deal
(Reuters) - India's largest renewable energy firm ReNew Power on Wednesday agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm RMG Acquisition Corporation II, in a deal that values the merged e...
Feb 24, 2021
