Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. to urge firms comply with China investment ban in new guidance, sources say
By Humeyra Pamuk and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department plans to release as soon as Wednesday a fact sheet urging U.S. investors to comply with an executive order banning...
Jan 06, 2021
Factbox-Democratic U.S. Congress could bring better green cars, more pressure on tech
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's party appears poised to control Congress as well as the presidency, with two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia likely to go to Democrats, which could mean Corpo...
Jan 06, 2021
England and Wales recorded most deaths last year for a century – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - England and Wales recorded the most deaths in 2020 of any year in more than a century, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a rise in the number of excess deaths, a senior statisti...
Jan 06, 2021
State moving to next phase in COVID-19 vaccinations next week
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services today announced the state is moving to a new phase of vaccination beginning...
Jan 06, 2021
Sales of battery-electric vehicles in Germany triple in 2020
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sales of battery-electric vehicles in Germany increased three-fold to more than 194,000 units in 2020, the country's road-traffic regulator said on Wednesday, citing the appeal o...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. Army Corps’ new stream crossing rules could hurt oil/gas pipes -analysts
(Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finalized revisions to its Nationwide Permits, a program for utility stream crossings that has been criticized by environmentalists, which analysts say...
Jan 06, 2021
Pro-Trump protesters storm U.S. Capitol as lawmakers debate election results
By Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swarms of protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as they sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election lo...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. mulling to add Alibaba, Tencent to China stock ban – WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. officials are considering prohibiting Americans from investing in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people fami...
Jan 06, 2021
France unlikely to avoid UK variant of coronavirus – chief advisor
PARIS (Reuters) - France is unlikely to avoid the new and more contagious "UK variant" of the coronavirus, and may have to consider more restrictions on people's movements next week, the government's ...
Jan 06, 2021
Democratic push for Black voters in Georgia pays off with historic U.S. Senate win
By Nathan Layne and Rich McKay CUTHBERT, Ga. (Reuters) - Three days before Tuesday's all-important Georgia runoffs for the U.S. Senate, Derrick Gorsuch braved the rain in a pickup truck, scouring poor...
Jan 06, 2021
