Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Instagram disables hundreds of accounts tied to hacking of ‘OG’ usernames
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday took down hundreds of Instagram accounts that were hacked and sold for their high-value usernames, including the accounts of people behind t...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. to issue executive order to build up capacity to accept refugees
By Steve Holland and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that President Joe Biden will issue an executive order to build up the U.S. ...
Feb 04, 2021
January bankruptcies down 44% versus a year ago: Epiq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bankruptcy filings continued their surprising decline in January, dropping 6% compared to the month before and 44% compared to January 2020, legal services firm Epiq report...
Feb 04, 2021
What price to fix the COVID-stricken U.S. economy? It’s complicated
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Judged from Idaho, Utah, Kansas or Alaska, home to U.S. senators arguing for a smaller next round of federal spending to fight the coronavirus recession, the...
Feb 04, 2021
France to receive first AstraZeneca shots by end of the week, says PM
PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jean Castex said France will take delivery of its first doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine at the end of the week, a step that will help accelerate its faltering ...
Feb 04, 2021
BNY, Google Cloud technology to predict Treasury settlement failures
(Reuters) - The Bank of New York Mellon Corp said on Thursday it has partnered with Google Cloud on technology that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict when BNY clients' U.S. ...
Feb 04, 2021
Guyana says it has terminated agreement with Taiwan
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Guyana said on Thursday it had terminated an agreement with Taiwan, just hours after Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said it had signed a deal with the South American country to open ...
Feb 04, 2021
French PM says no need for new national lockdown for now
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that the coronavirus situation in France remained fragile but that for the moment there was no need for a new national lockdown. Castex said th...
Feb 04, 2021
Ford temporarily cuts output of some U.S. F-150 trucks amid semiconductor shortage
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said Thursday it is temporarily cutting shifts at two plants that built its flagship F-150 pickup trucks starting next week as a growing number...
Feb 04, 2021
Zimbabwe to get 200,000 COVID-19 doses from China’s Sinopharm
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will receive 200,000 free doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday, after China and Russia offered shots against the coron...
Feb 04, 2021
