Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Instacart, DoorDash plan to launch credit cards: WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. grocery delivery app Instacart Inc and food delivery firm DoorDash Inc are planning to launch their own credit cards, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people fami...
Apr 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine not mandatory to compete in Tokyo, says USOPC
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The United States Olympic Paralympic Committee (USOPC) will help athletes find a COVID-19 vaccine but will not require them to get a shot to compete at the Tokyo Summer Ga...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. Senate readying legislation on semiconductors, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are preparing to introduce legislation on semiconductors, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday as the nation wrestles with an ongoing shortage of the c...
Apr 07, 2021
Canadian banks further delay employees’ return to offices as COVID cases surge
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) said on Wednesday they are extending work-from-home arrangements for employees to until at leas...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. prepared to consider North Korea diplomacy aimed at denuclearization -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to consider diplomacy with North Korea if it leads to a path of denuclearization, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. At a regular...
Apr 07, 2021
Tiger Woods may have hit accelerator instead of brake in high-speed crash
By Sharon Bernstein and Maria Caspani (Reuters) -Tiger Woods was traveling more than 40 miles per hour (64 km per hour) above the speed limit when he lost control of his car, causing the crash that se...
Apr 07, 2021
Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently made public in a dat...
Apr 07, 2021
‘They want us to leave’: Russian fines pile pressure on U.S. broadcaster RFE/RL
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court fined Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty $70,000 on Wednesday for flouting its foreign agent legislation, a move the U.S. broadcaster said was part of ...
Apr 07, 2021
White House says U.S. not discussing boycott of Beijing Olympics
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is not discussing a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to alleged human rights abuses, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wedne...
Apr 07, 2021
ECB speeds up money printing in March, focuses on Germany
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank sped up the pace of its emergency bond-buying programme by 22.7% in March despite a slowdown in the runup to Easter, with Germany the biggest beneficiar...
Apr 07, 2021
