Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden rounds out health team with Pennsylvania top official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday filled out his health team, announcing Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine as his choice for assistant U.S. health secretar...
Jan 19, 2021
Spain declares disaster-zone status for Madrid, other storm-hit regions
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government on Tuesday classified Madrid and other regions struck by Storm Filomena last week as disaster zones, a move which will trigger emergency subsidies and other suppo...
Jan 19, 2021
Software firm Quali raises $54 million in VC-backed funding round
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli software firm Quali said on Tuesday it raised $54 million in a private funding round co-led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and Greenfield Partners. Quali, which...
Jan 19, 2021
European countries struggle to make most of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses
By John Miller and Matthias Blamont ZURICH/PARIS (Reuters) - Some European countries are drawing fewer than the approved six doses from Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine vials, meaning shots are ...
Jan 19, 2021
HSBC to axe 82 branches in UK, cut services in others
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC said on Tuesday it planned to axe 82 branches in Britain this year after a drop in footfall across its retail network and a surge in digital banking. The lender said it would b...
Jan 19, 2021
Already in lockdown, Dutch to toughen measures against COVID-19: minister
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government will soon announce new measures to help fight the country's coronavirus epidemic, ANP press agency reported on Tuesday, citing the country's Health Minister ...
Jan 19, 2021
Supermarket chain Aldi to pay U.S. workers who get COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - German supermarket chain Aldi on Tuesday became the latest firm in the grocery sector to offer incentives for U.S. employees getting a COVID-19 vaccine, saying it would give up to four hou...
Jan 19, 2021
Coronavirus cases in Switzerland and Liechtenstein pass 500,000 mark
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections in Switzerland and Liechtenstein passed the 500,000 mark on Tuesday, data https://www.covid19.admin.ch/en/overview from Swiss health authorities showed, as ne...
Jan 19, 2021
Office Depot rebuffs takeover offer from Staples – WSJ
(Reuters) - Office Depot owner ODP Corp rebuffed a more than $2 billion takeover offer from bigger rival Staples, proposing to combine only retail operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesd...
Jan 19, 2021
Iraq delays general election to Oct. 10 – state media
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone the general election to Oct. 10 from June, the state news agency INA said. The elections been brought forward to June 6, roughly a yea...
Jan 19, 2021
