Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Is Fed Chair Powell ‘cool’ with more fiscal aid? Suddenly he won’t say
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - With a heated political debate underway over the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion proposed pandemic relief package, it was entirely predictable that U.S. lawmakers would ...
Feb 23, 2021
Lawmakers plan to meet with Biden Wednesday on supply chain – sources
By Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers plans to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss supply chain issues, ...
Feb 23, 2021
Ecuadorean indigenous protesters demand presidential vote recount
QUITO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ecuadorean indigenous protesters arrived in the capital Quito on Tuesday to demand a recount of the Feb. 7 presidential election after official results showed indigenous ...
Feb 23, 2021
Knorr-Bremse, Lufthansa mogul Thiele dies at 79
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - German braking systems maker Knorr-Bremse said its majority shareholder Heinz Hermann Thiele, who shaped the company since buying it from his then-employer in 1985...
Feb 23, 2021
U.S. says weighing options to hold accountable Ugandan security forces over abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking at "a range of targeted options" to hold accountable Ugandan security forces who it deemed responsible for abuses against opposition candidates and ...
Feb 23, 2021
Governor Whitmer lowers flags to honor 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon a...
Feb 23, 2021
AG Nessel’s office charges two for threats made to public officials
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Two men are facing criminal charges for reportedly making threats against public officials in the events leading up to and following the November general election, Mic...
Feb 23, 2021
Musk’s SpaceX raises $850 million in equity financing
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised about $850 million in equity financing, the private rocket launch service said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The private space company had ra...
Feb 23, 2021
Suriname begins coronavirus vaccination campaign with donated doses
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) - Suriname launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with a small batch of donated doses, as the South American nation seeks a steady supply of inoculations. The impo...
Feb 23, 2021
Jana Partners nominates directors at Labcorp, including Crawford
BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Jana Partners has nominated directors to the board of life sciences company Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, including Edwin "Mac" Crawford, who has a r...
Feb 23, 2021
