Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UnitedHealth to buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion to build up technology services
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group has agreed to buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, to beef up its portfolio of healthcare technology services. The health ins...
Jan 06, 2021
UC San Diego offers students COVID test kits by vending machine
By Mike Blake and Steve Gorman SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The University of California's San Diego campus has launched the winter academic term with a unique twist to its coronavirus safety regimen: newly ...
Jan 06, 2021
Explainer: The meeting of the U.S. Congress that will seal Biden’s win
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will convene on Wednesday to set the seal on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in what is expected to be an unusually contentious and drawn-out ...
Jan 06, 2021
Fed minutes may shed light on bond plans, views of vaccine
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's decision in December to leave its monthly bond purchases unchanged dismayed analysts and investors who thought the central bank should ...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. Congress braces for marathon protest by Republicans over Trump’s election defeat
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's flailing effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory comes down to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday in a showdown led by a band of Repub...
Jan 06, 2021
Impossible Foods cuts wholesale prices by 15% for second time in one year
(Reuters) - Impossible Foods Inc, maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger, said on Wednesday it would cut prices for foodservice distributors in the United States by about 15% amid increasing deman...
Jan 06, 2021
Britain to name former Goldman banker Sharp as next BBC chairman -Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is to name former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Sharp has recently been acting as an adviser to finance...
Jan 06, 2021
‘Hardships’ coming for traders at Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit borders, lobby groups say
LONDON (Reuters) - Traders selling goods between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom will face "real hardships" in the coming weeks after the post-Brexit regulatory border shattered no...
Jan 06, 2021
South Korean police chief apologises amid outrage over death of adopted child
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's police chief apologised on Wednesday amid an outpouring of grief and anger over the death of an adopted child in a country with a long history of adoption...
Jan 06, 2021
EU watchdog reviews funds sector costs on customers
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's markets watchdog launched a review on Wednesday to check if customers in the bloc's 10.8 trillion euro investment funds sector are being overcharged. The Europe...
Jan 06, 2021
