Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kraft Heinz in talks to sell Planters snack business for $3 billion: WSJ
(Reuters) - Kraft Heinz Co is in talks to sell its Planters snack business to Skippy peanut butter maker Hormel Foods Corp for about $3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/ar...
Feb 02, 2021
Whole Foods must face lawsuit over its honey graham crackers
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan said on Tuesday Whole Foods Market must face a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming it deceived shoppers about the contents of i...
Feb 02, 2021
NFL: Young Chiefs fan leads effort to end ‘Tomahawk Chop’
(Reuters) - A nine-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan has started a petition urging the NFL team to do away with their "Tomahawk Chop" chant, saying the gesture is insulting to Native Americans. Critics ...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. backed Kurds lift siege of Syrian army run enclaves in northeast
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. backed Kurdish-led forces and the Syrian army reached a deal on Tuesday to end a nearly three week long siege of neighborhoods under the control of the Sy...
Feb 02, 2021
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency – sources
By Christopher Bing, Jack Stubbs, Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S. governmen...
Feb 02, 2021
China’s short-term money rates fall to two-week low as PBOC injects liquidity
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's short-term money rates eased to two-week lows on Tuesday as signs of liquidity tension in the interbank money markets started to fade, traders said. The Shanghai Interbank...
Feb 02, 2021
Tunisia expects COVID-19 vaccines from GAVI alliance mid-February: minister
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia expects to receive four million free doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the Geneva-based GAVI vaccine alliance from mid-February, Health Minister Fouzi Mehdi said on Tuesday. ...
Feb 02, 2021
Europe lockdowns expected to dent Capri revenue, China in focus
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Capri Holdings is expected to post a fourth straight fall in quarterly revenue on Wednesday as the blow from fresh lockdowns in Europe eclipses a China-driven recover...
Feb 02, 2021
Palestinians begin coronavirus vaccination campaign
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday, with health workers receiving the first shots after the delivery of doses from Israel and internationa...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ by Navalny sentence: Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by a prison term meted out to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, and repeated its call for his immediate release, saying it would co...
Feb 02, 2021
