Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Malta PM says he had no indication of journalist murder plot
By Chris Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) - Former Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told a board of inquiry on Friday that he had no prior indication of any plans for the 2017 murder of anti-corruption j...
Dec 04, 2020
Lasting high? Cannabis industry aims to build on Thanksgiving rush
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S. cannabis sales hit record levels over the Thanksgiving weekend, prompting industry predictions the combination of COVID-19 anxiety and a trend towards legalisation has ...
Dec 04, 2020
Bahrain approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain said on Friday it has granted emergency use authorisation for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the second country after Britain to approve it. The Gulf Arab sta...
Dec 04, 2020
Peru mine workers join in protests, cutting off some major highways to Lima
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Workers from the Doe Run mine complex in Peru joined a growing group of farmworkers in blocking major highways throughout the Andean nation, ratcheting up pressure on ...
Dec 04, 2020
Aston Martin’s Stroll says demand is phenomenal, returned first in China
LONDON (Reuters) - Carmaker Aston Martin is enjoying very strong demand, boosted by a rebound in China, the company's executive chairman and billionaire investor Lawrence Stroll said on Friday. "Deman...
Dec 04, 2020
Fed’s Evans: comfortable with current bond-buying, not opposed to more easing
(Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Friday he is "comfortable" with the Fed's current pace of asset purchases and would likely be so for the next several months, u...
Dec 04, 2020
White House’s Kudlow says U.S. economy still strong despite jobs report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday the U.S. economy is still strong despite a jobs report this week that was softer than analysts had expected. "When you l...
Dec 04, 2020
KLM, Delta to offer COVID-19 tested flights from Amsterdam to Atlanta
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM, said on Friday it would begin offering a "COVID-19 tested" flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam together with Delta four times a week from Dec. ...
Dec 04, 2020
German prosecutors probe EY auditors over Wirecard collapse
MUNICH (Reuters) - German prosecutors on Friday opened an investigation into partners at EY who audited Wirecard, after an accounting watchdog filed a report accusing them of criminality in their work...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. regulator fines The Cheesecake Factory for misleading COVID-19 impact disclosures
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it had fined restaurant chain The Cheesecake Factory $125,000 to settle charges that it misled inves...
Dec 04, 2020
