Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European tech firms seek to share in U.S. IPO bonanza
By Clara Denina and Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Europe's tech companies are preparing to speed up listing plans early next year to grab some of the billions of dollars of investor ca...
Dec 16, 2020
Vehicle charging in Valhalla: a heroic power struggle
By Nick Carey and Helena Soderpalm LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A stroll down Stockholm's longest street that takes its name from the mythical Valhalla, where Norse gods feast and fight until doomsday...
Dec 16, 2020
German coronavirus deaths hit new high as lockdown starts
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany entered a strict lockdown on Wednesday in an effort to get soaring coronavirus cases under control as the number of registered deaths from COVID-19 jumped by 952, the highes...
Dec 16, 2020
Minnesota frees man sentenced to life for 2002 murder
(Reuters) - The U.S. state of Minnesota on Tuesday released a Black man who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002 after he was convicted of the murder of an 11-year old girl, officials said. The ...
Dec 16, 2020
Asian countries, Switzerland at risk in U.S. Treasury’s currency report
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury could label several countries currency manipulators before President Donald Trump leaves office, analysts say, as the coronavirus pandemic skew...
Dec 16, 2020
BOJ to hold fire in hope extending aid programmes will keep pandemic pain at bay
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy steady on Friday and hope the extension of an existing fund-aid package will give companies enough time to weath...
Dec 16, 2020
Novartis gets FDA Breakthrough Therapy tag for experimental iptacopan
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis got the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Breakthrough Therapy tag for its experimental medicine iptacopan, which the Swiss drugmaker hopes wins approval to treat the rar...
Dec 16, 2020
Novartis’ bid to boost Entresto sales beyond $5 billion gets FDA panel lift
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis' bid to pump up sales of its Entresto heart failure medicine beyond $5 billion annually got a boost when a U.S. Food and Drug advisory panel recommended it be used to treat...
Dec 16, 2020
Analysis: A currency manipulator tag for Switzerland may not deter FX approach
By Saikat Chatterjee, John Revill and David Lawder LONDON/ZURICH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat of being named a currency manipulator by the U.S. Treasury may be an embarrassment for Switzerland, b...
Dec 16, 2020
Fed faces tricky act balancing impact of vaccines against economic pain
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will offer its first glimpse of how a coronavirus vaccine has changed the U.S. economic outlook, and whether businesses, wor...
Dec 16, 2020
