Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin for defense secretary, Politico reported on Monday, citing three people with knowledge of the discussions....
Dec 07, 2020
Vettel has big shoes to fill as Perez’s replacement, says Brawn
LONDON (Reuters) - Four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel now has big shoes to fill next season after Sergio Perez won Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix for Racing Point, Formula One's motorsport managin...
Dec 07, 2020
UK retail sales growth slows as November lockdown hits non-food sales – BRC
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales growth slowed in November when non-essential stores shut as part of a four-week lockdown in England, but online sales were able to fill more o...
Dec 07, 2020
Chadwick Boseman, Trump and pop group BTS dominate Twitter in 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The announcement of the death of "Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman was the most shared on Twitter worldwide in 2020, and got the most "likes" of any Tweet ever, the social ...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. AstraZeneca vaccine trial will clear confusion on how well it works: U.S. scientist
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top U.S. scientist overseeing COVID-19 vaccine trials expects a large U.S. study to determine how effective AstraZeneca's experimental inoculation is, follow...
Dec 07, 2020
Japan’s third quartre GDP revised up to annualised 22.9% growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew an annualised 22.9% in July-September, better than the initial estimate of a 21.4% expansion, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed on Tuesday, as it rebou...
Dec 07, 2020
China foreign minister pledges to uphold trade deal during Biden administration – US-China business council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured U.S. executives during a videoconference on Sunday that Beijing remained committed to the Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, the...
Dec 07, 2020
Second U.S. judge blocks Commerce restrictions on TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second U.S. judge late on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned short video sharing app Tik...
Dec 07, 2020
Japanese manufacturers’ gloom eases slightly in December – Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Sentiment among Japanese manufacturers and service-sector firms in December improved to its least pessimistic since February, as businesses eyed a slow and bumpy r...
Dec 07, 2020
Woods’ Hall of Fame induction on hold until 2022 due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods' induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame will have to wait, after organisers said they were postponing the 2021 ceremony until the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemi...
Dec 07, 2020
