Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Amid new strain, stalling vaccinations, Brazil passes 10 million COVID-19 cases
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil surpassed 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, as a new variant discovered in the Amazon threatens to further ravage a country where i...
Feb 18, 2021
Biden to pledge $4 billion to COVAX vaccine program at G7 meeting Friday
By Carl O'Donnell and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - The Biden administration will pledge $4 billion to a vaccination program for poorer countries at a global economic summit on Friday in hopes that other ...
Feb 18, 2021
Dropbox writes down real estate value in transition to remote working
(Reuters) - Dropbox on Thursday posted a bigger fourth-quarter loss, hit by about $400 million of impairment charges on its real estate assets as the file hosting service transitions to a 'virtual fir...
Feb 18, 2021
U.S. rescinds Trump White House claim that all U.N. sanctions had been reimposed on Iran
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday told the United Nations Security Council it was rescinding a Trump administration assertion that all U.N. sanctions had been reim...
Feb 18, 2021
Yellen says SEC will prepare report on retail trading volatility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that an increased prevalence of zero-commission trading has spurred retail investors to get more involved in stocks, and th...
Feb 18, 2021
U.S. labor dept expected to say it will not enforce Trump-era investment rules – sources
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to announce that it will not enforce Trump administration rules that curb investments based on environmental and socia...
Feb 18, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. would accept EU invitation for talks with Iran
By Humeyra Pamuk and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States would be ready to hold talks with Iran if the European Union extended an invitation, a senior U.S. official said on Thursd...
Feb 18, 2021
Texas governor asks legislature to mandate winterization of generators
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday said he has asked the state legislature to mandate the winterization of generators, after a deep freeze knocked out power to millions of Tex...
Feb 18, 2021
Roku adds more streaming audience to beat revenue expectations
(Reuters) - Video-streaming device maker Roku Inc reported quarterly revenue above market expectations on Thursday, thanks to an influx of cord-cutting subscribers dropping their cable packages for st...
Feb 18, 2021
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs will appear before U.S. House panel on March 25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter will testify before a U.S. House panel on March 25 on "misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms...
Feb 18, 2021
