Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German airline Lufthansa reaches deal with pilots on cost savings
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa and its pilots have reached an agreement that secures jobs until end-March 2022 and could help reduce costs by as much as 450 million euros ($548 million), pilots' union V...
Dec 23, 2020
Google told its scientists to ‘strike a positive tone’ in AI research – documents
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists' papers by launching a "sensitive topics" review, and in at l...
Dec 23, 2020
Amazon to face U.S. union push in year ahead
By Jeffrey Dastin and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - In 2021, Amazon.com Inc is poised to face a renewed challenge from groups it has long countered: unions. Energized by protests at Amazon's U.S. warehouses ...
Dec 23, 2020
Jamie Foxx puts some ‘Soul’ into Christmas at the movies
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Soul" takes animated movies to new heights, not just with its philosophical themes about the meaning of life but as the first in Pixar's 25-year feature film his...
Dec 23, 2020
With U.S. Senate at stake, Black voters loom large for Democratic candidates in Georgia
By Joseph Ax and Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan. 5 Georgia runoff elections to determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and a constell...
Dec 23, 2020
Explainer-U.S. vaccine rollout’s next challenge: Verifying who is ‘essential’
By Tina Bellon and Melissa Fares (Reuters) - As U.S. industries push for their workers to receive early access to COVID-19 vaccines, local health departments and pharmacies face the challenge of verif...
Dec 23, 2020
Global cargo logjam deepens, delaying goods bound for retailers, automakers
By Lisa Baertlein and Jonathan Saul LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon seller Bernie Thompson shifted half of his production out of China to reduce his business risks and still found himself in the...
Dec 23, 2020
In pandemic America’s tent cities, a grim future grows darker
By Michelle Conlin PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) - Nadeen Bender stood outside her home, a tattered two-man tent, surrounded by the re-purposed Amazon Prime boxes she uses to store her life's belongings. O...
Dec 23, 2020
EU, UK chiefs expected to hold another Brexit call – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are expected to hold another call on a trade deal on Wednesday or Thursday, sources wit...
Dec 23, 2020
China’s Ant cuts credit limits for some young Huabei users
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ant Group is lowering borrowing limits for some young users of its Huabei virtual credit card product, the company said on Wednesday, a month after China suspended the fint...
Dec 23, 2020
