Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss report more than 8,600 new coronavirus infections, 24 more deaths
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss coronavirus infections rose by 8,616 in a day, data https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/sit...
Oct 28, 2020
Exchange operator CME’s quarterly profit slumps 35%
(Reuters) - CME Group , the world's biggest futures exchange operator, on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit plunged 35% as decreased trading volumes resulted in lower fees for clearing and settl...
Oct 28, 2020
In Beirut port, all of Lebanon’s ills are laid bare
By Samia Nakhoul, Ellen Francis and Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - The first of many warnings about a deadly cargo in Beirut's port came in February 2014, about three months after its arrival. It w...
Oct 28, 2020
JPMorgan appoints General Dynamics CEO as board member
(Reuters) - JP Morgan Chase & Co on Wednesday named Phebe Novakovic, chief executive officer of General Dynamics Corp , to its board, effective Dec. 7. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editin...
Oct 28, 2020
Germany and France prepare new lockdowns as COVID sweeps Europe
By Andreas Rinke and Sudip Kar-Gupta BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns on Wednesday as COVID deaths...
Oct 28, 2020
U.S. pharmacies attract new flu shot customers as coronavirus surges
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, CVS Health Corp and Rite Aid Corp have told Reuters demand for flu shots at their U.S. pharmacies is up sharply - in s...
Oct 28, 2020
A Chicago dad wanted revenge after his son was shot. An outreach worker talked him down
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO - On a warm evening last spring, Bo Deal got word that a teenager had been shot at a street corner in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. He raced to the scene and quickly pieced...
Oct 28, 2020
Amazon’s prep for holiday sales rush, pandemic in focus
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday will announce its latest financial results, and Wall Street wants to know if it can keep up with shoppers' heightened demand during the coronav...
Oct 28, 2020
Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA
BAKU (Reuters) - Fourteen civilians were killed on Wednesday and more than 40 wounded when Armenian armed forces shelled the Azeri town of Barda, RIA news agency citied Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General...
Oct 28, 2020
U.S. signs deal with Lilly for supply of potential COVID-19 antibody drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Government has awarded an initial $375 million contract to drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co to secure 300,000 doses of its potential experimental COVID-19 antibody treatment, a drug tha...
Oct 28, 2020
