Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Digital Dollar Project to launch five U.S. central bank digital currency pilots
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nonprofit Digital Dollar Project said on Monday it will launch five pilot programs over the next 12 months to test the potential uses of a U.S. centra...
May 03, 2021
In Mexico autos town, labor rights falter despite U.S. trade deal
By Daina Beth Solomon MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) - After successfully staging a wildcat strike for higher wages in 2019, many workers at the Tridonex auto-parts plant in the Mexican city of Matamoros...
May 03, 2021
Soccer: United fan violence condemned by government and mayor
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Violence during Sunday's protests from Manchester United fans, which led to the Premier League game with Liverpool being postponed, has been condemned by...
May 03, 2021
Cox Automotive signs service deal with U.S. commercial EV maker
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. electric commercial vehicle maker Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS) said on Monday it has signed a letter of intent for Cox Automotive to supply service and r...
May 03, 2021
Spies, satellites, subpoenas: soy buyers play hardball with Brazilian farmers
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Global grains merchants are using satellites and spies to surveil Brazil's soybean heartland and deploying an army of lawyers to ensure farmers deliver promised crops...
May 03, 2021
Trading platform INX estimates $125 million raised in equity, token offerings
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - INX Ltd, the blockchain-based global trading platform for digital securities and cryptocurrencies, said on Monday it expects to have raised $125 millio...
May 03, 2021
French prosecutor: no grounds to pursue claims over France’s alleged role in Rwanda genocide
PARIS (Reuters) - The French prosecutor's department said on Monday that there were no grounds to pursue legal claims that France bore responsibility for enabling the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Last mon...
May 03, 2021
War and doubts slow COVID-19 vaccination in disputed Yemen city
By Mohammed Maresh and Anees Mahyoub TAIZ, Yemen (Reuters) - In al-Thawra hospital in the disputed Yemeni city of Taiz, a nurse with no face mask or protective gear inoculates the few people who have ...
May 03, 2021
EU summons Russian envoy over travel bans on Brussels officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union summoned on Monday Russia's ambassador to the bloc to condemn Moscow's decision to barr eight officials from entering the country, which the Kremlin said was in...
May 03, 2021
Estee Lauder revenue misses estimates
(Reuters) - Estee Lauder Cos Inc missed analysts' estimates for third-quarter sales on Monday, hurt by sluggish demand for the cosmetics maker's premium makeup products as people continued working fro...
May 03, 2021
