Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Vaccine bond sales to soar to fund COVID-19 shots for poor countries
By Karin Strohecker and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Socially conscious bond investors will be targeted in a coming wave of vaccine bond deals that will seek to provide billions of dollars for the ...
Dec 22, 2020
On Congo’s muddy trails, lessons for a global COVID vaccine rollout
By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - When Ebola hit the city of Mbandaka in northwest Congo in 2018, health officials had to act fast - the city was connected via regular boat service to the spraw...
Dec 22, 2020
Indian COVID-19 vaccine maker says recruitment for trials on track
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The maker of one of India's leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates said on Tuesday its recruitment of volunteers for a late-stage trial of the shot was on track, following reports o...
Dec 22, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Tennessee crushes St. Joe’s
Victor Bailey Jr. scored 18 points and Santiago Vescovi added a season-high 16 points to go with five assists as No. 8 Tennessee remained unbeaten with a 102-66 blowout of Saint Joseph's on Monday nig...
Dec 22, 2020
Taiwan reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan on Tuesday reported its first locally transmitted case of COVID-19 since April 12, a friend of a New Zealand pilot who was confirmed to have been infected earlier this week, ...
Dec 22, 2020
Google, Facebook agreed to team up against possible antitrust action, draft lawsuit says – WSJ
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google agreed to "cooperate and assist one another" in case of an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, the Wall Street Jour...
Dec 22, 2020
Airbus to lose over $5 billion in orders under AirAsia X’s proposed restructuring
By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Aircraft manufacturer Airbus SE said it stands to lose more than $5 billion worth of aircraft orders if AirAsia X Bhd's (AAX) debt restructuring scheme goes through...
Dec 22, 2020
China’s new Long March 8 rocket makes maiden flight
BEIJING (Reuters) - A new Chinese carrier rocket made its first flight on Tuesday under a long-term plan to develop reusable launch vehicles aimed at reducing mission costs and speed up launch schedul...
Dec 22, 2020
Wuhan’s vogue dancers embrace new freedom as COVID-19 anniversary nears
By Cate Cadell and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) - In a converted factory building in downtown Wuhan, 22-year-old Xiong Feng, who goes by the name Daiki, struts and spins in a black sequined full...
Dec 22, 2020
‘Stay-at-home’ trade still has legs in ’21: top mutual fund managers
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The so-called "stay-at-home" trade will not end next year even if the pandemic is defeated, according to managers of the top-performing U.S. mutual fund managers ...
Dec 22, 2020
