Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canadian National Railway shareholder urges board to amend Kansas City deal
(Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn on Tuesday urged Canadian National Railway to abandon its $33.6 billion bid for Kansas City Southern unless the Canadian railroad operator changed...
May 18, 2021
Schumer pledges to put Jan. 6 commission legislation on U.S. Senate floor for vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, pledged on Tuesday to put legislation to create a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on the Senate floor...
May 18, 2021
Golf-Spieth ready for fifth shot at career Grand Slam
KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - Winning the PGA Championship would be a career-defining moment for most of the players competing this week but Jordan Spieth is the only one at Kiawah Island ...
May 18, 2021
Saudi Arabia to require vaccination to enter governmental, private establishments – SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Tuesday that vaccination will be required to enter any governmental, private, or educational establishments and to use public transportation ...
May 18, 2021
JPMorgan tells vaccinated employees no mask required at work
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co told employees on Tuesday it will not require fully vaccinated staff to wear masks at its U.S.-based offices, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Em...
May 18, 2021
Exclusive-Amazon extends moratorium on police use of facial recognition software
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc told Reuters on Tuesday it is extending until further notice a moratorium that it imposed last year on police use of its facial recognition software. The co...
May 18, 2021
Biden administration to delay revamp of Trump-era China investment ban – Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is pushing back its overhaul to former President Donald Trump's investment ban on Chinese companies by two weeks, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, ci...
May 18, 2021
Algeria cancels plan to reopen land borders
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has backed off a decision to reopen land borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic but will go ahead with a plan to partially resume international flights from nex...
May 18, 2021
France reports 4,015 people in intensive care units with COVID-19
PARIS (Reuters) - The pressure on French hospitals from the coronavirus epidemic eased further on Tuesday with the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU) down by 171 to 4,015, as th...
May 18, 2021
Italy’s Valentino bans fur and focuses on its main brand
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury group Valentino said on Tuesday it would stop using fur from next year and would focus on its main, eponymous brand, ditching its second, younger line from 2024. The f...
May 18, 2021
