Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Senate panel to hold Jan. 21 hearing for transportation nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Jan. 21 confirmation hearing on the nomination of former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the Transportation Depar...
Jan 15, 2021
31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 12.3 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 12,279,180 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 31,161,075 doses. The...
Jan 15, 2021
Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Kavya B (Reuters) - The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple...
Jan 15, 2021
Fed’s Rosengren says need to keep buying MBS, Treasuries
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said on Friday he welcomes President-elect Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package as "big" but "appropriate," and signa...
Jan 15, 2021
Net proceeds in key U.S. spectrum auction tops $80 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said that the first phase in the largest auction of mid-band 5G spectrum to date had raised a record $80.9 billion in gross proceeds. The s...
Jan 15, 2021
Spain’s Catalonia postpones election to May 30 due to coronavirus resurgence
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia on Friday postponed a parliamentary election scheduled for Feb. 14 until May 30 due to surging COVID-19 contagion across Spain that has pushed hospital occupancy in the...
Jan 15, 2021
Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge denied Apple Inc's bid to set aside or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp, and awarded interest and royal...
Jan 15, 2021
Exclusive: India’s friction with U.S. rises over planned purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States has told India it is unlikely to get a waiver on its planned acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems, raising the risk of sanctions ...
Jan 15, 2021
COVID-19 ‘tragedy’ emerges in areas of Brazil, Central and South America: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus is taking an increasingly heavy toll on many areas of Brazil and Central and South America, WHO emergency chief Mike Ryan said on Friday. If the current wave continu...
Jan 15, 2021
Cambodia says China donates 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that China will provide a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be used for inoculating 500,000 people. After 15 new cases on Fri...
Jan 15, 2021
