Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway to lend unused AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Sweden, Iceland
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will lend 216,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it has in stock to Sweden and Iceland, the country's health ministry said on Thursday, enabling the two Nordic neigh...
Apr 22, 2021
Scientists hope genetic engineering can revive the American chestnut tree
(Reuters) - A day before Earth Day, retired forester Rex Mann watched as scientists signed an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to allow for the eventual planting o...
Apr 22, 2021
WTA roundup: Simona Halep rolls at Stuttgart
Second-seeded Simona Halep cruised to a straight-sets victory in less than an hour and No. 8 seed Belinda Bencic was defeated Thursday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. Halep, of...
Apr 22, 2021
ATP roundup: Rafael Nadal reaches Barcelona quarterfinals
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal survived another three-setter Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals at the Barcelona Open in Spain with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 victory against Japan's Kei Nishikori. The 11-time Ba...
Apr 22, 2021
Tom Brady’s assessment of jersey number rule: ‘Dumb’
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady isn't impressed with the new rule approved by NFL owners that relaxes the jersey number limitations for a slew of positions, calling it "dumb" on Thursday. N...
Apr 22, 2021
Snap adds more users than Wall Street expected; growth slows in North America
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Snap Inc on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for user growth and revenue as the improved Android version of its popular messaging app Snapchat attracted more users, but g...
Apr 22, 2021
Silicon Labs to sell infrastructure and auto unit to Skyworks for $2.75 billion
(Corrects headline to say $2.75 billion, not $27.5 billion) (Reuters) -Silicon Laboratories Inc said on Thursday it would sell its infrastructure and automotive business to Skyworks Solutions Inc for ...
Apr 22, 2021
The spending strains of Europe’s top soccer leagues
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The furore created by what looks to be a now-failed plan for a breakaway European soccer 'Super League' was born out a need to stabilise the games finances its archite...
Apr 22, 2021
Mattel marks record quarterly sales jump, to raise annual outlook
(Reuters) - Mattel Inc reported a record 47% rise in quarterly sales on Thursday as Americans armed with stimulus checks snapped up Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars in the usually slow post-holiday mo...
Apr 22, 2021
Iran has not made any irreversible nuclear moves: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. general said on Thursday that Iran had not done anything in its nuclear program that was irreversible. "They've done nothing that is irreversible," Marine General Ken...
Apr 22, 2021
