Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed’s super-easy policy likely to stick after weak jobs report
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 266,000 jobs that U.S. firms added in April were "nowhere near" what was expected, a Federal Reserve official said Friday, adding little to the "substant...
May 07, 2021
WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm, first Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use on Friday, a boost to Beijing's push for...
May 07, 2021
U.S., Russia, China poke each other at U.N. Security Council
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a veiled swipe at Russia and China on Friday during a U.N. Security Council meeting chaired by his Chinese counterp...
May 07, 2021
How the U.S. locked up vaccine materials other nations urgently need
By Allison Martell and Euan Rocha (Reuters) - To fight the pandemic at home, the United States gave its own vaccine manufacturers priority access to American-made materials needed to make the shots. A...
May 07, 2021
JPMorgan names two new CIOs for tech units
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase has appointed James Reid as chief information officer for a new unit focused on developing and modernising technology used by the bank's 250,000 employees, an...
May 07, 2021
Nikola warns of supply constraints of batteries, chips and touch screens
SEOUL (Reuters) - Nikola Corp on Friday warned of supply constraints of batteries, chips, touch screens and other parts. During a conference call, Nikola said it has enough battery cells to achieve it...
May 07, 2021
State senator proposes a prescription oversight board for Michigan
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Prescription drug prices have been an issue not only in Michigan but across the country...and a state senator says the time has come for an oversight board to help cont...
May 07, 2021
Senior CDC official Nancy Messonnier resigns from her position – Washington Post
(Reuters) - Nancy Messonnier, a senior health official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will resign from her position, she told colleagues in an email on Friday, The Washington Post ...
May 07, 2021
Thousands pack Al-Aqsa Mosque, protest Palestinian evictions in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers packed into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on the final Friday of Ramadan and many stayed on to protest in support of Palestinians facing...
May 07, 2021
U.S. Chamber calls for end to $300-a-week jobless aid to ease labor shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday said the federal government should end the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 a...
May 07, 2021
