Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Credit Suisse exec backed SPAC to take robotics firm Sarcos public
(Reuters) - Sarcos Robotics Inc said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by former Credit Suisse USA chief Brian Finn, in a deal valuing the combined company a...
Apr 06, 2021
Bezos, Musk top Forbes’ record-setting billionaire list
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Forbes' annual world's billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, th...
Apr 06, 2021
Say cheese! Cyprus’s halloumi gets EU protected status
ARADIPPOU, Cyprus (Reuters) - Cyprus is getting protected status for its prized halloumi, giving its producers the sole right to sell the rubbery cheese in the European Union. Later this month, the Eu...
Apr 06, 2021
Truck landed on train track minute before deadly Taiwan crash
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The truck which collided with a Taiwanese express train last week killing 50 people slid onto the tracks only around one minute before the accident happened, the government said on ...
Apr 06, 2021
Traffic slows in Suez Canal as tanker faces difficulties
ISMAILIA (Egypt) (Reuters) - Marine traffic slowed in the Suez Canal on Tuesday as oil tanker M/T Rumford appeared to face difficulties in the south of the canal, shipping websites MarineTraffic and T...
Apr 06, 2021
Russian court fines TikTok over failure to delete content: reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court has fined social media app TikTok 2.6 million roubles ($34,000) over failure to delete content that the court said was related unsanctioned rallies, Russian news agen...
Apr 06, 2021
Germany’s Scholz greets U.S. move to work on global corporate minimum tax rate
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz welcomed on Tuesday a pledge by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to work on a global corporate minimum tax rate, adding that a deal among mor...
Apr 06, 2021
Catalent to nearly double U.S. production of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine: WSJ
(Reuters) - Contract manufacturer Catalent Inc has signed an agreement that will nearly double the U.S. production of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citin...
Apr 06, 2021
India court dismisses ByteDance’s plea to unblock bank accounts
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Tuesday dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investi...
Apr 06, 2021
UAE’s first nuclear power plant begins commercial operations
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant started commercial operations on Tuesday, the Gulf Arab state's leaders announced on Twitter. The Barakah nuclear power plant in t...
Apr 06, 2021
