Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. lawmakers to introduce antitrust bills to protect news media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative David Cicilline will introduce legislation on Wednesday aimed at making it easier for news o...
Mar 10, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s PIF signs $15 billion loan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, said on Wednesday it has signed a $15 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility with a group of 17 banks, whi...
Mar 10, 2021
Apple to set up silicon design centre in Germany, invest $1.2 billion
BERLIN (Reuters) - Apple said on Wednesday it would establish a European silicon design centre in Munich, Germany, and invest more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) over the next three years in expa...
Mar 10, 2021
Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Facebook said on Wednesday it was launching a "lite" version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and vid...
Mar 10, 2021
Credit Suisse employees step aside after Greensill collapse: memo
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Iain Withers ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Credit Suisse's European asset management division and two other employees who worked on the bank's Greensill Capital supply-c...
Mar 10, 2021
Black, Hispanic Americans lag in COVID-19 vaccination as outreach efforts struggle
By Nick Brown (Reuters) - It's a life-threatening problem that's been long predicted - but that few in the government or private sectors have yet done much to solve. Now the consequences are hitting s...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. House set for final approval of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill in early win for Biden
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is poised on Wednesday for his first major legislative victory when the House of Representatives is expected to approve his $1.9 trillion COV...
Mar 10, 2021
Swedish battery maker Northvolt buys U.S. startup Cuberg
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt said on Wednesday it had bought U.S. startup Cuberg to get access to technology that would boost the range of electric vehicles that c...
Mar 10, 2021
Siemens completes sale of Flender unit to Carlyle Group
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens has completed the sale of its Flender mechanical and electrical drive systems business to Carlyle Group for an enterprise value of 2.025 billion euros ($2.41 billion), the G...
Mar 10, 2021
Malaysian court overturns ban on use of ‘Allah’ by non-Muslim publications
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court on Wednesday overturned a decades-old government policy barring non-Muslim publications from using the word "Allah" to refer to God, in a landmark ruling on ...
Mar 10, 2021
