Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. to carry out 13th and final execution under Trump administration
By Jonathan Allen TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Reuters) - The U.S. government intends to carry out the 13th and final execution under President Donald Trump's administration on Friday evening, just five days be...
Jan 15, 2021
Brazil Health Ministry seeks immediate delivery of 6 million Sinovac COVID-19 doses
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Ministry on Friday requested immediate delivery of 6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, saying it needed them for its planned laun...
Jan 15, 2021
Biden to name geneticist Eric Lander as director of Office of Science and Technology Policy
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name geneticist Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, two sources told Reuters. Biden will seek to elevate th...
Jan 15, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says mission to get vaccines in India will leave within three days
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that a plane would be sent to India to pick up COVID-19 vaccines in two or three days at most, after the government had announced ...
Jan 15, 2021
Pence calls Harris to offer assistance ahead of U.S. power transfer next week
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence reached out to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Thursday, sources familiar with the situation ...
Jan 15, 2021
Progress reported on one-dose J&J vaccine; COVID-19 reinfections seen as rare
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Jan 15, 2021
Prophet Capital restructures CLO hedge fund amid market rebound
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prophet Capital Asset Management LP, an investor in loans and structured credit securities with $2.5 billion in assets, has restructured a hedge fund that had ...
Jan 15, 2021
Canada PM Trudeau tells finance minister to avoid additional permanent spending
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under fire for the massive aid Ottawa has unveiled so far to combat the coronavirus, on Friday told his finance minister to avoid additional ...
Jan 15, 2021
New hedge fund Honest Capital gains 88% with bets on cannabis, others
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Honest Capital LLC launched last year amid one of the most chaotic times in financial history, but its 88.4% returns far outpaced hedge fund peers and broad m...
Jan 15, 2021
Italy says Pfizer to cut vaccine supplies by 29% from Monday
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. drugs firm Pfizer has told Italy it will cut its deliveries of vaccine shots against the novel coronavirus by 29% starting from Monday, the country's COVID-19 special commission...
Jan 15, 2021
