Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Health insurer Cigna raises 2021 profit, revenue forecasts
(Reuters) - Cigna Corp on Friday raised its forecasts for full-year profit and revenue and reiterated that it anticipates a negative earnings impact of about $1.25 per share this year from COVID-19. C...
May 07, 2021
Red Wings play at Columbus tonight, Ryan hopes to return to Detroit next season
COLUMBUS, OH (WKZO AM/FM) – The Detroit Red Wings begin the final series of the season in Columbus against the Blue Jackets tonight. Detroit is in last place in the Central Division with 45 poin...
May 07, 2021
‘You feel naked’: Some Americans hesitate to shed masks despite eased outdoor rules
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anita Glick felt somewhat liberated as she walked her friend's dog around Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood this week, her face mask looped around a wri...
May 07, 2021
Activist Bramson abandons tussle with Barclays, selling stake
By John O'Donnell, Iain Withers and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Activist investor Edward Bramson has sold his firm's 6% stake in Barclays, disbanding a three-year effort to overhaul the British ba...
May 07, 2021
Firefighters tackle blaze at 19-storey London tower block
LONDON (Reuters) - Firefighters in London were tackling a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in the east of the city on Friday, with parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors all on fire, the Fire Brigad...
May 07, 2021
#COVIDSOS: India Twitter paints desperate picture of COVID-19 crisis
By Jitesh Chowdhury, Manas Sharma and Anand Katakam BENGALURU (Reuters) - As a wave of COVID-19 infections has swept through India, overwhelming its healthcare system and government, people have turne...
May 07, 2021
Saudi to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all workers
DUBAI (Reuters) - All public and private sector workers wishing to attend a workplace in Saudi Arabia will be required to have taken a COVID-19 vaccination, the human resources ministry said on Friday...
May 07, 2021
U.S. support for COVID patent waiver will push WTO talks, says WTO chief
ROME (Reuters) - A United States' proposal to discuss waiving patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines will intensify talks on the issue within the World Trade Organisation, the WTO director general s...
May 07, 2021
Ghana to start second vaccine doses with re-deployed Congo COVAX shots
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Friday, which will enable it start offering second doses of the shot after it nearly ran out, the health minist...
May 07, 2021
Tencent-backed Waterdrop says to prioritise user growth over profit in short term
By Yingzhi Yang and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) - Online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc will focus more on user growth than on profit in the short term and aims to become China's version of...
May 07, 2021
