Author Archives: Syndicated Content
McDonald’s to train employees to combat harassment, discrimination
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Wednesday it will require new training and policies to combat harassment, discrimination and violence at its 39,000 restaurants worldwide, calling for safer work pl...
Apr 14, 2021
Turkey fines Google for abusing dominant position
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Competition Board said on Wednesday it had fined Google more than 296 million lira ($36.65 million) for abusing its dominant position in the search engine services area. In...
Apr 14, 2021
Germany’s economic institutes cut GDP 2021 growth forecast to 3.7% – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economic institutes will cut their joint 2021 growth forecast for Europe's largest economy to 3.7% from 4.7% previously due to a longer than expected COVID-19 lockdown, tw...
Apr 14, 2021
Uber expands higher-margin U.S. transit software business with three new agencies
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it had signed deals with three new transit agencies to provide routing and matching technology for their public transportation fleets...
Apr 14, 2021
British PM reduces length of India trip over COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reduced the length of his trip to India later this month because of the COVID-19 situation in the country, his spokesman said on Wednesday, ...
Apr 14, 2021
Merkel under fire over German COVID-19 lockdown law
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced opposition on Wednesday to a plan to seek new powers to force coronavirus lockdowns on areas with high infection rates, with the imposition of ...
Apr 14, 2021
IMF calls for additional euro zone fiscal stimulus in 2021-22
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone countries should privide an additional fiscal stimulus of 3% of GDP in 2021-2022 to boost economic growth by 2% of GDP by the end of next year and reduce the negative ef...
Apr 14, 2021
U.S. senators to receive classified briefing on Afghanistan: Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators will receive a classified briefing on President Joe Biden's goal of withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said...
Apr 14, 2021
American Airlines sees bookings rebounding in summer
(Reuters) - American Airlines said on Wednesday it expects to fly more than 90% of its domestic seat capacity in the summer of 2021, compared with the same period in 2019, due to a strong rebound in b...
Apr 14, 2021
Armenia to receive 1 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V shot: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia has reached a deal for 1 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Russia's state-run TASS news agency cited Armenian authorities as saying on Wednesday. The Arm...
Apr 14, 2021
