Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil registers 1,316 new coronavirus deaths on Thursday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday registered 1,316 new deaths due to coronavirus, the health ministry said, the third day in a row with more than 1,000 deaths. Deaths now total 214,147. Br...
Jan 21, 2021
Top Republicans ask Biden for tougher response to China sanctions on Trump officials
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration faced pressure from Republican lawmakers on its second day in office for a more forceful response to Beijing's a...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden seeking five-year extension of New START arms treaty with Russia, WH confirms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will be seeking a five-year extension to the New START arms control treaty with Russia, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said...
Jan 21, 2021
Attorneys call for Giuliani to lose law license over false claims, mob incitement
By Jan Wolfe and Caroline Spiezio (Reuters) - A group of prominent attorneys on Thursday asked New York's judiciary to suspend the law license of former President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani f...
Jan 21, 2021
Judge gives preliminary approval to $641 million Flint, Michigan, water settlement
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a $641 million partial settlement of lawsuits filed by victims of the Flint water crisis against the state, according t...
Jan 21, 2021
Queen’s representative in Canada quits after report into harassment: media
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of the country's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, quit on Thursday amid allegations of workplace harassment, domestic medi...
Jan 21, 2021
Tesla bears suffer record short-sale loss in 2020: S3 Partners
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short bets on Tesla Inc were the most unprofitable trade in 2020, as the electric automaker saw its shares surge over 740% en route to becoming the world's mo...
Jan 21, 2021
IBM misses quarterly sales estimates, shares fall
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, hurt by a rare sales decline in its software unit as clients shied away from longer-ter...
Jan 21, 2021
Intel forecasts first-quarter revenue, profit above estimate as PC chip sales see some recovery
By Stephen Nellis and Ayanti Bera (Reuters) - Intel Corp on Thursday forecast first-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations, continuing to benefit from high demand for laptops, PCs a...
Jan 21, 2021
Vonn to make return to ski racing … as on-air analyst
(Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn, who retired in 2019 as the most decorated female alpine skier in the world, will make her on-air debut as an analyst for this weekend's women's downhill and Super-G events in...
Jan 21, 2021
