Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. energy secretary cuts short Midwest trip after aides test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette was returning to Washington on Friday, cutting short a trip to the Midwest after two of his security aides tested positive for the coronavi...
Oct 16, 2020
Novartis sees EU OK ahead after panel nod for $10 bln anti-cholesterol prospect
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis grabbed a key European panel's recommendation for its prospective cholesterol drug Leqvio on Friday, clearing the way for its approval in the next couple of...
Oct 16, 2020
EU urged to review remdesivir supply deal after COVID trial results
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should renegotiate a 1 billion euro ($1.17 billion) contract it sealed last week with Gilead for a six-month supply of the COVID-19 drug ...
Oct 16, 2020
Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
By Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousa...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. consumer sentiment edges up in October
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment inched up to a seven-month high in early October as an uptick in expectations for better economic prospects in the future outweighed a reversal in assessments of cu...
Oct 16, 2020
U.S. business inventories increase for second straight month in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories increased for a second straight month in August, suggesting restocking could blunt the hit to economic growth in the third quarter from a widening trad...
Oct 16, 2020
Current Fed bond purchases ‘appropriate’: St. Louis Fed’s Bullard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's ongoing government bond purchases are "appropriate" for the economy's present situation, St. Louis Fed president Bullard said on Friday, the latest signal ...
Oct 16, 2020
Cycling: Ulissi wins Giro stage 13 as Almeida strengthens overall lead
MONSELICE, Italy (Reuters) - Italian Diego Ulissi claimed a career eighth Giro d'Italia stage when he won Friday's 13th stage, a 192-km ride between Cervia and Monselice. The Team UAE Emirates rider o...
Oct 16, 2020
Exclusive: Second sovereign downgrade wave coming, major nations at risk – S&P Global
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the world's top economies could see their credit ratings cut or put on downgrade warnings in the coming months in a second global wave of coronavirus-related r...
Oct 16, 2020
BOJ, government may need new joint statement: deputy governor Wakatabe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on Friday it may be necessary for the central bank and the government to agree on a new joint statement that is similar to one si...
Oct 16, 2020
