Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. House panel backs $8 billion to shift USPS to EVs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday voted to authorize $8 billion to quickly shift the U.S Postal Service (USPS) to an electric vehicle delivery fleet. USP...
May 13, 2021
Confident Prysmian nears new U.S. high-voltage cable deal
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) - Prysmian is close to a "very interesting" contract to develop a high-voltage underground network in the U.S., the Italian company's chief executive said on Thurs...
May 13, 2021
At private Texas event, Republican presidential hopefuls tiptoe around Trump
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private gathering at a hotel in Austin, Texas, last week was billed as a thank you for Republican donors for a state registration drive, but it gave a clutch ...
May 13, 2021
Biden says Colonial Pipeline should be reaching full operational capacity right now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Colonial Pipeline should be reaching full operational capacity right now and he expects to see fuel normalcy this weekend. Colonial Pip...
May 13, 2021
For deep-diving elephant seals, it takes lots of work to stay fat
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For elephant seals - one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world's seal family - it is hard work to stay fat. Scientists have conducted the most th...
May 13, 2021
U.S. Trade chief Tai says solutions with EU on aircraft, metals disputes ‘within reach’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that she believes solutions to trade disputes with the European Union on aircraft subsidies and steel and aluminum tarif...
May 13, 2021
Global IPOs breach all-time record on U.S. SPAC boom, flurry of tech listings
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) - Global IPOs have hit a record high this year in terms of both money raised through share sales and the volume of listings, bolstered by a strong equity rally, a...
May 13, 2021
Bipartisan U.S. bill to raise merger fees for big deals passes Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to increase the fees that companies planning the biggest mergers pay to government antitrust agencies and to give those agencies bigger budgets passed the Senate Judiciar...
May 13, 2021
Pfizer got no response to offers to supply vaccine to Brazil last year, exec says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc repeatedly offered to sell its COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil's Health Ministry between August and November last year, but got no answer from the government, Pfizer's chief...
May 13, 2021
Judge postpones trial for three ex-cops charged in George Floyd case – media report
(Reuters) - A judge has postponed the trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The tria...
May 13, 2021
