Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. regulator finalizes rule barring banks from ignoring specific sectors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. bank regulator finalized a rule Thursday that prohibits large banks from refusing to lend to certain business sectors. The rule, proposed in November by the U.S. ...
Jan 14, 2021
ASML CEO sees U.S.-China trade antagonism outlasting Trump
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML CEO Peter Wennink expects further antagonism between the United States and China over semiconductor technology, even as a new administration is set to take over in Washingto...
Jan 14, 2021
Microsoft, Cigna form coalition for digital records of COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - Tech giants including Microsoft Corp, Oracle Corp and healthcare companies Cigna Corp and Mayo Clinic are part of a coalition pushing for digital records of people who get vaccinated again...
Jan 14, 2021
Sweden registers 6,580 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, total deaths top 10,000
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered 6,580 new coronavirus cases since Wednesday, Health Agency statistics showed on Thursday....
Jan 14, 2021
Russia’s ‘Children of the Gulag’ battle to return home after exile
By Tom Balmforth and Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW/ZOLOTKOVSKY RAZEZD (Reuters) - Living in a wooden hut 300 km from Moscow, Elizaveta Mikhaylova feels trapped in the same forced exile imposed on her fam...
Jan 14, 2021
IKEA stores owner Ingka buys 10,840 acres of U.S. forest land
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores, said on Thursday it had acquired more forest land in the United States as part of the world's biggest furniture group's goal to become...
Jan 14, 2021
UK to make COVID announcement soon on South America travel: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is due to make an announcement soon on travel from Brazil and other countries in South America, the BBC said on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on W...
Jan 14, 2021
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to perform at diverse Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will take the stage at U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony in Washington next week alongside others in what his transition team s...
Jan 14, 2021
Exclusive: Long-withheld Pentagon survey shows widespread racial discrimination, harassment
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a third of Black U.S. military servicemembers reported experiencing racial discrimination, harassment or both during a 12-month period, according to resul...
Jan 14, 2021
Brazil to start COVID vaccinations on January 21, says Senator
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil is set to begin vaccinations against COVID-19 on Jan. 21, Senator Nelsinho Trad tweeted on Thursday, citing a conversation with Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello. Pres...
Jan 14, 2021
