Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Deutsche Bank gets new employee representative on supervisory board
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Stefan Viertel has assumed a seat on Deutsche Bank's 20-member supervisory board as an employee representative, according to the bank's website. Viertel, head of institutional ca...
Jan 06, 2021
Portugal’s president self-isolating after contact with COVID-19 case
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Wednesday he would self-isolate after being in contact with someone who tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The 72-year-o...
Jan 06, 2021
Norway prepares legal framework for curfew after record COVID-19 cases
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's government is preparing legislation that would allow it to introduce curfews after new COVID-19 cases hit record levels, Justice Minister Monica Maeland said on Wednesday. "B...
Jan 06, 2021
Ireland plans to distribute 10,000 Moderna vaccine doses per week – deputy PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland plans to vaccinate around 10,000 people per week with the Moderna vaccine, deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said in a Twitter post on Wednesday after Europe's drug regulat...
Jan 06, 2021
Serbia praises Russian COVID vaccine as first shots administered
MOSCOW/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Top Serbian politicians urged greater international acceptance of Russia's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday as they joined the front of their country's queue for shots, day...
Jan 06, 2021
Bulgarians dance in cold waters to celebrate Epiphany, defying COVID curbs
SOFIA (Reuters) - Dozens of Bulgarian men danced and sang in the cold waters of the Tundzha river in the central Bulgarian town of Kalofer to mark the Christian holiday of Epiphany on Wednesday, ignor...
Jan 06, 2021
EU may soon authorise extra doses from vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine -source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European drugs regulator could shortly approve an amendment to its approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that would permit the extraction of six doses from a vial i...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S. private payrolls decline in December for first time since April – ADP
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private companies unexpectedly shed workers in December for the first time in eight months as out-of-control COVID-19 infections unleashed a fresh wave of...
Jan 06, 2021
Britain’s competition watchdog to probe Nvidia’s take over of Arm
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it would start an investigation into Nvidia Corp's $40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings. "The CMA is likely to cons...
Jan 06, 2021
German inflation remains in negative territory in December
BERLIN (Reuters) - German annual consumer prices remained negative in December, as a lockdown to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe's biggest economy kept inflation pressure sub...
Jan 06, 2021
