Author Archives: Syndicated Content
GM restarting some plants hit by chips shortage
(Reuters) - General Motors Co said Thursday it will be soon be restarting production at five assembly plants around the world that have been idled due to a global semiconductor chips shortage. GM said...
May 27, 2021
Vietnam denies subsidising tires, rejects U.S. finding
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Thursday denied a U.S. Commerce Department's finding that said the country's car and light truck tires are being unfairly subsidised due to a currency undervaluation. "Vie...
May 27, 2021
Ireland to ask UN body to investigate Belarus grounding
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will call on the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization to conduct an impartial probe into the "forced landing" of a Ryanair jet in Minsk at a meeting of t...
May 27, 2021
U.S. core capital goods orders, shipments increase strongly in April
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased more than expected in April and shipments rose solidly, suggesting strong momentum in business spending on equipment growth p...
May 27, 2021
U.S. judge says Trump’s election falsehoods still pose security risk
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said there is a risk that Donald Trump's supporters could still carry out attacks similar to the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, noting the former pres...
May 27, 2021
OECD’s Gurria sees deal on global tech tax in June or July
MADRID (Reuters) - OECD chief Angel Gurria said on Thursday he expects all the necessary elements for a global accord on taxing tech giants to be ready by June or July thanks to a sharp shift in the U...
May 27, 2021
Flags lowered in Michigan to honor the eight who died in San Jose mass shooting
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has joined President Joe Biden in ordering U.S. and Michigan flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff through this Sunday ...
May 27, 2021
G7 condemns Belarus’s unprecedented actions to arrest journalist – statement
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy economies condemned Belarus on Thursday for forcing a passenger plane to land so the authorities could arrest a journalist on board. "This action jeo...
May 27, 2021
Hong Kong applicants for UK visas far outstrip those from EU – report
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has received far more applications for visas from Hong Kong than from the European Union after a new system opened up for residents in the former British colony and post-Bre...
May 27, 2021
M-DOT to pause most projects for Memorial Day weekend travelers in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — This Memorial Day weekend, M-DOT is removing lane restrictions on more than 62 percent of its road and bridge projects statewide to ease traffic delays for holiday tra...
May 27, 2021
