Author Archives: Syndicated Content
McKinsey reaches $573 million settlement with US states over role in opioid crisis
(Reuters) - McKinsey & Co, the consulting firm, has agreed to pay $573 million to resolve investigations by most U.S. states over its alleged role in "turbocharging" sales of opioids, fueling a nation...
Feb 04, 2021
IOC’s Coates says Tokyo Olympics “100%” likely to go ahead – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior official of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), John Coates, said it was "100%" likely that the Games would go ahead in Tokyo this summer, Nikkei Asia reported on Thu...
Feb 04, 2021
Global consumer discretionary funds see highest inflow in nearly six years
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) - Funds worldwide that track consumer discretionary sectors have lured the highest money in nearly six years in January, Refinitiv data showed, on hopes that the ...
Feb 04, 2021
Spectacular’ Beijing 2022 Games will transform winter sport – Bach
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Beijing winter Olympics next year will be spectacular and will transform winter sports "for ever" by introducing some 300 million Chinese people to them, International Olympic C...
Feb 04, 2021
Xilinx to supply chips to Fujitsu for U.S. 5G network gear
(Reuters) - Xilinx Inc said on Thursday it will supply chips to Fujitsu Ltd for 5G telecommunications network gear to be used in a new U.S. network. Such equipment traditionally worked only with parts...
Feb 04, 2021
Wall St. set to open higher as focus turns to stimulus, corporate earnings
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Thursday as investors looked to corporate earnings and signs of progress on a pandemic-relief packa...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. productivity posts biggest drop since 1981 in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. worker productivity fell at its steepest pace since 1981 in the fourth quarter, but the trend remains solid as the COVID-19 pandemic weighs heavily on the less productive i...
Feb 04, 2021
Short-seller Hindenburg takes aim at Palihapitiya-backed Clover Health
(Reuters) - Well-known short-selling specialist Hindenburg Research published a critical report on Thursday on Chamath Palihapitiya-backed insurance firm Clover Health, sending the company's shares do...
Feb 04, 2021
Sweden COVID death toll tops 12,000 as health agency warns of third wave
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, which has attracted global attention for its soft-touch pandemic response, registered 89 new COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday, taking the total above 12,000, Health Ag...
Feb 04, 2021
Meet Robby Megabyte, Bosnia’s first robot rock band musician
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's most popular rock band, Dubioza Kolektiv, has a new recruit who sings and plays musical instruments - a humanoid robot called Robby Megabyte. Students...
Feb 04, 2021
