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Exclusive: Hedge fund Citadel’s commodity investments up more than $1 billion this year – sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Citadel's investments in commodities returned more than $1 billion this year, according to three people familiar with the matter, helping to dri...
Dec 10, 2020
England’s test and trace reaches 86% of contacts, helped by change in method
LONDON (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 test and trace system reached a higher proportion of contacts of positive cases in the first set of comparable data since a change in methodology boosted the numb...
Dec 10, 2020
Data from Pfizer/BioNTeh, Moderna for COVID-19 vaccines ‘very robust’-EMA
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The data submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates is "very robust", its executive director said on Thur...
Dec 10, 2020
Pope will say Christmas Mass earlier to meet Italy Covid curfew
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis' Christmas Eve Mass will start two hours earlier, the Vatican said on Thursday, allowing even the limited number of people who can attend to get home by a 10 p.m....
Dec 10, 2020
Lonza shortlists Lanxess, private equity in unit sale, sources say
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swiss contract drug maker Lonza has shortlisted German chemicals group Lanxess and private equity groups in the sale of its Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI) unit worth more than...
Dec 10, 2020
Golf-Perez takes one-shot lead at European Tour finale in Dubai
(Reuters) - France's Victor Perez carded a five-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead in the first round of the DP World Tour Championship, the European Tour's season finale, in Dubai on Thursday. Pere...
Dec 10, 2020
EU drug regulator says cyber attack has not affected work on COVID vaccines
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Union drug regulator said on Thursday the agency's work on assessing COVID-19 vaccines had not been affected by a cyber attack over the past two weeks. "W...
Dec 10, 2020
Thai protesters say royal insult law must go
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters called on Thursday for the abolition of the lese majeste law which bans criticism of the monarchy and has been used recently against the leaders of months of protes...
Dec 10, 2020
Uber asks U.S. states to prioritize its drivers for COVID-19 vaccine
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday sent letters to the governors of all U.S. states, asking for its ride-hail and food delivery drivers to get early access to COVID-19 vaccin...
Dec 10, 2020
Radiation levels rose inside a Finnish nuclear unit -nuclear watchdog
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's nuclear safety authority STUK said on Thursday that radiation levels had risen inside Olkiluoto2 nuclear unit at around 1 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Western Finland but no radio...
Dec 10, 2020
