Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Supermarket chain Aldi to pay U.S. workers who get COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - German supermarket chain Aldi on Tuesday became the latest firm in the grocery sector to offer incentives for U.S. employees getting a COVID-19 vaccine, saying it would give up to four hou...
Jan 19, 2021
Coronavirus cases in Switzerland and Liechtenstein pass 500,000 mark
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections in Switzerland and Liechtenstein passed the 500,000 mark on Tuesday, data https://www.covid19.admin.ch/en/overview from Swiss health authorities showed, as ne...
Jan 19, 2021
Office Depot rebuffs takeover offer from Staples – WSJ
(Reuters) - Office Depot owner ODP Corp rebuffed a more than $2 billion takeover offer from bigger rival Staples, proposing to combine only retail operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesd...
Jan 19, 2021
Iraq delays general election to Oct. 10 – state media
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone the general election to Oct. 10 from June, the state news agency INA said. The elections been brought forward to June 6, roughly a yea...
Jan 19, 2021
Goldman Sachs profit surges on M&A, trading boost
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc reported a 153% jump in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, powered by another blowout performance at its core bond trading and underwriting business and an uptick in...
Jan 19, 2021
Malaysia expands lockdown measures to most states as virus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday said it would extend lockdown restrictions across most of the country as it grappled with a rise in coronavirus infections. Last week, capital Kuala Lumpur...
Jan 19, 2021
Futures rise ahead of Yellen speech; spotlight on earnings
By Devik Jain and Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures climbed on Tuesday as investors anticipated U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen to make the case for a big fiscal relief pac...
Jan 19, 2021
Head of Ukraine Constitutional Court notified he considered a suspect in witness tampering case
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian investigators formally notified the head of Ukraine's constitutional court that he is a suspect in a witness tampering case, the state investigation bureau said on Tuesday. ...
Jan 19, 2021
Exclusive: India to start COVID-19 vaccine exports as soon as Wednesday – sources
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, one of the world's biggest drugmakers, will start exports of COVID-19 vaccines as early as Wednesday, government sources said, paving the way for many m...
Jan 19, 2021
UK says Biden confirmation shows U.S. democracy rejects violence
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States showed democracy there could not be challenged by a v...
Jan 19, 2021
