Author Archives: Syndicated Content
What’s up with the labor market? Probably won’t know until the fall
By Ann Saphir and Lucia Mutikani SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The big mystery with the government report Friday that's expected to show nearly a million jobs gained for a second month in row w...
May 06, 2021
U.N.’s IP agency says must maintain “right incentives” for vaccine research
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization supports efforts to find ways to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine production while ensuring "the right incentives" exist to enable contin...
May 06, 2021
The great exit: central banks line up to taper emergency stimulus
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England's decision on Thursday to slow the pace of its bond-buying makes it the second central bank from a G7 economy to begin the slow exit from pandemic-era money-prin...
May 06, 2021
Nikola may seal order for 100 EVs from port trucking firm
(Reuters) - Nikola Corp said on Thursday it signed a letter of intent with port trucking firm Total Transportation Services Inc for trials and possible order of 100 vehicles from the electric-truck ma...
May 06, 2021
Infrastructure investor John Laing confirms talks on possible takeover offer from KKR
(Reuters) - Infrastructure investor John Laing Group said on Thursday it was in talks with KKR & Co Inc regarding a possible takeover offer by the private equity firm. The company said the deadline fo...
May 06, 2021
Novavax to deliver 350 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVAX scheme
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Thursday it has signed an agreement with the GAVI vaccine alliance to manufacture and distribute 350 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to countries participating un...
May 06, 2021
Yale chief investment officer Swensen dies of cancer
BOSTON (Reuters) - David Swensen, who spent more than three decades managing one of the world's best performing college endowments as Yale University's chief investment officer, has died of cancer, th...
May 06, 2021
Florida limits absentee voting with new Republican-backed law
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a law curtailing access to absentee ballots and adding new hurdles to the process of submitting them, the latest R...
May 06, 2021
U.S. productivity rebounds in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. worker productivity rebounded in the first quarter, depressing labor costs growth, but the data has been severely distorted by the COVID-19 pandemic to provide a clear tren...
May 06, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market recovery gains steam amid an economic boom, which is being fueled by a rapidly improving...
May 06, 2021
