Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S&P, Nasdaq futures at record highs before January jobs report
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday as investors expected the pivotal jobs report to confirm worst of the labor market turm...
Feb 05, 2021
“Food for my soul”: French 106-year-old pianist to release sixth album
By Ardee Napolitano PARIS (Reuters) - Colette Maze says she began playing the piano when she was four years old to find in music the warmth absent in her strict upbringing. Today, at the age of 106, h...
Feb 05, 2021
Scottish court says case seeking clarification about independence vote premature
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's top civil court has dismissed a case which sought a ruling that the Scottish parliament could hold an independence referendum without permission from London, saying it wa...
Feb 05, 2021
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
By John Davison, Ahmed and Rasheed FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against U.S. troops when they occupied his hometown of Fallujah in 200...
Feb 05, 2021
PayPal says U.S. consumer watchdog investigating payment app Venmo
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it was cooperating with the U.S. consumer watchdog regarding a civil investigation demand relating to its app Venmo's alleged unauthorized fund transfers...
Feb 05, 2021
UK regulators say extra AstraZeneca vaccine data highlights efficacy in elderly
LONDON (Reuters) - British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is effective in the elderly, a...
Feb 05, 2021
South Africa says term sheet signed for 9 million J&J vaccine doses
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's health ministry said on Friday that the government had signed off on a term sheet for 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at $10 a dose. The mi...
Feb 05, 2021
After Facebook ban, thousands in Myanmar take to Twitter to plead #RespectOurVotes
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Since Myanmar's new military rulers imposed a temporary blockade on Facebook on Thursday, thousands in the Southeast Asian country have joined Twitter, according ...
Feb 05, 2021
Palihapitiya-backed Clover Health gets notice of SEC investigation
(Reuters) - Chamath Palihapitiya-backed Clover Health Investments Corp said on Friday it had received a letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that it intends to cooperate with th...
Feb 05, 2021
Chinese researchers find natural mutation in African swine fever virus
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have found a natural mutation in the African swine fever virus they say could be less deadly than the strain that ravaged the world's largest...
Feb 05, 2021
