Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan embarks on random and targeted COVID-19 testing, but some experts call for more
By Rocky Swift and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Last week, about 600 people were tested for the coronavirus in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo - the Japanese government's first stab at sy...
Mar 02, 2021
Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson to step down in 2022
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd said on Wednesday Simon Thompson will step down as chairman next year after deciding not to seek re-election as a non-executive director at the miner's 2022 annual general me...
Mar 02, 2021
Venezuela’s Guaido spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, four people familiar with the matter said, the highest-level U.S. contact wit...
Mar 02, 2021
Maezawa wants you: Japan billionaire seeks ‘crew’ for moon trip
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk'...
Mar 02, 2021
GM, Toyota employees to keep masks on in Texas even as state lifts mandate
(Reuters) - General Motors and Toyota Motor employees in Texas will keep face masks on at work, the automakers said on Tuesday, even as the U.S. state lifted most of its coronavirus-related restrictio...
Mar 02, 2021
Goldman Sachs head lawyer to leave bank: Bloomberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's general counsel Karen Seymour is leaving the bank, according to a report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. As Goldman's top lawyer, ...
Mar 02, 2021
Brazil’s economy may have shrunk by less than 4% last year: Guedes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy could grow 3.5% this year and may have shrunk last year by less than 4%, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, stressing again that a resumption of emerg...
Mar 02, 2021
UK extends furlough scheme by five months, gives more help to self-employed
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will extend its huge job-protecting furlough programme by five months until the end of September and expand parallel support for the self-employed, finance minister Rishi Su...
Mar 02, 2021
Biden says U.S. on track to enough vaccines for every adult in U.S. by end-May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the United States was on track to have enough vaccines for every adult in the country by the end of May. Biden announced that Merck & Co Inc ...
Mar 02, 2021
NYSE-owner ICE CFO to retire in May
(Reuters) - New York Stock Exchange-owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc said on Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Scott Hill would retire on May 14 and be replaced by Warren Gardiner, the company's head...
Mar 02, 2021
