Author Archives: Syndicated Content
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: India racks up more than 200,000 new daily cases for first time India reported a record of 200,739 infections over the last 24...
Apr 15, 2021
KKR-backed AppLovin raises $2 billion in U.S. IPO at over $28 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Mobile app and gaming company AppLovin Corp said on Thursday it priced its initial public offering at $80 per share, the mid-point of its previously set range, placing the company's valuat...
Apr 15, 2021
Biden, Suga to send signal to assertive China at U.S.-Japan summit
By Linda Sieg and David Brunnstrom TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden will highlight Tokyo's central role in Washington's strategy to coun...
Apr 15, 2021
Gambling firm Entain launches share ownership plan in ESG push
(Reuters) - Gambling firm Entain, which owns the Ladbrokes and Coral brands, told Reuters on Thursday it has launched a group-wide employee share ownership plan for over 22,500 employees in the UK and...
Apr 15, 2021
Exclusive: New zinc-fortified wheat set for global expansion to combat malnutrition
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scientists at a leading global grains research institute expect to sharply ramp up new wheat varieties enriched with zinc that can boost the essential min...
Apr 15, 2021
Cambodia launches lockdown in capital as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia brought in a coronavirus lockdown in Phnom Penh and a satellite district of the capital on Thursday in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus cases in a country that u...
Apr 15, 2021
Geely’s EV unit Polestar raises $550 million, company says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Polestar, the electric car maker controlled by Volvo and its parent, the Chinese automaker Geely, has raised $550 million in external funding, the company said on Thursd...
Apr 15, 2021
Climate scientists swap fieldwork for finance
By Iain Withers, Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect re...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. seeks to polish tarnished reputation with new climate change pledges ahead of Earth Day
By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States hopes to restore its shattered credibility when it hosts a climate change summit next week by pledging to cut its...
Apr 15, 2021
Big business seeks unified, market-based approaches ahead of climate summit
By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop (Reuters) - Corporate executives and investors say they want world leaders at next week's climate summit to embrace a unified and market-based approach to slashing thei...
Apr 15, 2021
