Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Senate panel advances USTR, Treasury nominees; ties on HHS nominee Becerra
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday voted to approve President Joe Biden's nominees for U.S. Trade Representative and Deputy Treasury Secretary, but voted in a tie on...
Mar 03, 2021
Van Eck’s new BUZZ ETF to track social media chatter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new ETF that tracks an index ranking the top 75 stocks each month that display the highest degree of "positive investor sentiment" as gauged by the monitoring of 15 million onli...
Mar 03, 2021
Facebook removes Thai military-linked information influencing accounts
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Facebook has taken down 185 accounts and groups engaged in an information influencing operation in Thailand run by the military, the company said on Wedn...
Mar 03, 2021
‘Everything will be OK’: slain Myanmar teen’s T-shirt slogan spurs defiance
(Reuters) - "Everything will be OK," read 19-year-old Angel's T-shirt as the dancer and taekwondo champion joined anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Wednesday. But she had known it might not be OK - l...
Mar 03, 2021
Mexico says Vitol offered to pay Pemex millions in damages
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trader, offered to pay Mexican national oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) $17 million in damages after Vitol admitted to paying br...
Mar 03, 2021
U.S. judge knocks nearly $6 million off fine for Exxon Baytown, Texas, pollution
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Houston knocked $5.7 million off the fine Exxon Mobil Corp faces for pollution from its largest U.S. crude oil refinery, according to court documents. U.S. Distr...
Mar 03, 2021
COVID infections are dropping in North America, but vaccination too slow in Latin America, says PAHO
BRASILIA (Reuters) - New infections of COVID-19 are dropping in the United States, Canada and Mexico, but in Latin America vaccinations have hardly begun, raising the risk of dangerous new variants em...
Mar 03, 2021
Scientists warn of rebound after record 7% fall in global emissions
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus restrictions led to a record 7% fall in global carbon emissions last year, but the drop will be short-lived unless efforts to phase out fossil fuel are ...
Mar 03, 2021
American Airlines to launch first employee vaccine site at Chicago’s O’Hare
(Reuters) - American Airlines will on Thursday begin providing employees with a limited supply of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine at Chicago's O'Hare airport, according to a letter se...
Mar 03, 2021
Exclusive: EU set to warn Aon over its $30 billion Willis buy – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to warn Aon that its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson to create the world's largest insurance broker may hurt competition unless concession...
Mar 03, 2021
