Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK watchdog gives Facebook, Giphy five days to offer remedies
(Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said on Thursday Facebook and Giphy have five working days to offer proposals to address its concerns after the regulator identified their merger deal could ...
Mar 25, 2021
As Biden launches oil drilling review, leaseholders say idle land part of doing business
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A billionaire investor from Colorado, an entrepreneur from Texas, and a pair of prospectors looking to strike it rich in Nevada. They are among the top holders of idle oil...
Mar 25, 2021
Digital banking startup Greenwood raises $40 million from big banks
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Atlanta-based Greenwood, a digital banking startup designed for Black and Latino consumers and businesses, said on Thursday that it had raised $40 million from a host of U.S...
Mar 25, 2021
Denmark to extend suspension of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot, TV 2 reports
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will extend its suspension of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for another three weeks, broadcaster TV 2 reported on Thursday, citing sources. Two weeks ago, Denmark was a...
Mar 25, 2021
NFL: Favre says he wanted to kill himself after quitting painkillers
(Reuters) - Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said an addiction to painkillers led him to contemplate suicide shortly after steering his team to a Super Bowl title in 1997. Favre became...
Mar 25, 2021
Vaxcyte asks chairman Slaoui to resign after GSK harassment allegation
(Reuters) - U.S. vaccine developer Vaxcyte Inc on Thursday asked board chairman Moncef Slaoui to step down, a day after GlaxoSmithKline dismissed him as an independent probe found he had sexually hara...
Mar 25, 2021
British military jet crashes in south west England: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - A British military jet has crashed in Cornwall, south west England, Sky News reported on Thursday. The Royal Air Force Hawk T1 jet crashed after the crew ejected and nobody had died...
Mar 25, 2021
Governor Whitmer, as expected, vetoes part of bill that would cap Michigan emergency orders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has again vetoed legislation that would have put limits on the ability of the state health department to issue public health-related emergenc...
Mar 25, 2021
Two suffer life threatening injuries in Calhoun County T-bone crash
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A Calhoun County two vehicle crash involving a full-size van and a sedan early Wednesday afternoon injured five persons with two persons suffering life threateni...
Mar 25, 2021
Bahrain converts underused shopping mall to vaccine centre
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has turned a mall largely emptied by the coronavirus pandemic into a vaccination hub as the Gulf state races to protect its population from COVID-19. Sitra Mall used to draw...
Mar 25, 2021
