Author Archives: Syndicated Content
More Swedes in intensive care as third COVID wave gathers pace
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The number of Swedes needing intensive care as a result of COVID infection increased 9% compared to last week as the country grapples with a third wave of the virus, health offic...
Mar 30, 2021
Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn ‘re-skilling’ effort
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it aims to place 50,000 people in jobs that require technology skills as part of a broader push being undertaken with its professional...
Mar 30, 2021
Pope, using Shakespeare, makes climate change appeal
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis adapted Shakespeare's famous Hamlet quote in an appeal to people not to remain blind to the destruction of climate change and the mass migratio...
Mar 30, 2021
Fed’s Quarles says regulators to lay out money market fund reforms in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of financial regulators will lay out recommendations in July to improve the resilience of money market funds and minimize the chance they will need government support in...
Mar 30, 2021
German health ministers to discuss use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's health minister will hold a meeting with his regional counterparts at 1800 CET (1600 GMT) on Tuesday to discuss the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, a health ministr...
Mar 30, 2021
New COVID strain detected in Israel; Pfizer vaccine purchase bid delayed
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A new coronavirus strain has been identified in Israel, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, used primarily in a swift nationwid...
Mar 30, 2021
Brazil inflation intensifies as producer prices rise at fastest rate in seven years
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Producer prices in Brazil rose in February at their fastest rate since comparable records began seven years ago, figures showed on Tuesday, intensifying "stagfla...
Mar 30, 2021
Bahrain appoints head of diplomatic mission to Israel: BNA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's government has appointed a head for its diplomatic mission to Israel, the state-run news agency BNA reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Alison W...
Mar 30, 2021
A raise or a four-day week; biggest German union seals new deal
By Tom Kckenhoff and Matthias Inverardi DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's largest trade union, IG Metall, agreed a 2.3% wage increase, to be paid either in full or as part of a switch to a fo...
Mar 30, 2021
EU says AstraZeneca under no UK obligation that would prevent EU vaccine supply
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has told the European Union that it has no legal obligations to Britain or other buyers that would prevent the full supply of COVID-19 doses under its contract with th...
Mar 30, 2021
