Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Column: Six Social Security fixes that should be on Biden’s agenda next year
By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will be plenty busy battling the pandemic when he takes office next month, and Social Security will likely not be on top of his agenda. But...
Dec 17, 2020
Ireland to consider stricter COVID-19 measures before year-end: PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Health officials have told the Irish government that tighter COVID-19 restrictions should be introduced before the end of the year, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday. T...
Dec 17, 2020
Biogen to pay $22 million to resolve U.S. drug charity kickback probe
BOSTON (Reuters) - Biogen Inc has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it illegally used two charities that help cover Medicare patients' out-of-pocket drug costs as a means to p...
Dec 17, 2020
Sacklers apologize but deflect blame at U.S. congressional opioid hearing
By Mike Spector (Reuters) - Two members of the wealthy Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP offered apologies on Thursday for the role the prescription painkiller has played in the ...
Dec 17, 2020
Huawei to build network equipment factory in France
PARIS (Reuters) - China's Huawei said on Thursday it would invest 200 million euros in building a mobile phone network equipment factory in the east of France, pressing ahead with the roll-out despite...
Dec 17, 2020
Italian top court overturns cancelling of Diasorin deal with hospital on COVID-19 tests
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's top administrative court overturned a decision to cancel a contract between diagnostics group Diasorin and a hospital in northern Italy to develop a coronavirus antibody test...
Dec 17, 2020
Pfizer to apply for COVID-19 vaccine approval in Japan on Friday – Kyodo
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc will request for an approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan on Friday, Kyodo News reported, citing sources familiar with the move. The Japanese government has a supp...
Dec 17, 2020
Google urged to vet online financial promotions better
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Google should voluntarily take action immediately to better vet paid-for promotions for financial products, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday after...
Dec 17, 2020
Ireland’s covid-19 reproduction number between 1.1 and 1.3 – health minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said on Thursday Ireland's COVID-19 reproduction number, measuring the number of people who become infected as a result of each positive case, is be...
Dec 17, 2020
Google hit with third antitrust lawsuit as more than 30 U.S. states sue
By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - A group of U.S. state attorneys general including Colorado and 34 other states filed an antitrust complaint against Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday, markin...
Dec 17, 2020
