Author Archives: Syndicated Content
49ers to play home games in Arizona due to COVID-19 restrictions
(Reuters) - The San Francisco 49ers will play their home games in Arizona in each of the next two weeks since Santa Clara County imposed new COVID-19 restrictions that ban all contact sports, the NFL ...
Nov 30, 2020
France pays to fix a million bikes to beat coronavirus
PARIS (Reuters) - More than a million French cyclists have used a 50 euro ($60) subsidy to get their old bikes repaired as part of measures to fight the coronavirus and now the government wants more p...
Nov 30, 2020
I’m no hero, says F1 medic who helped save Grosjean
By Iain Axon LONDON (Reuters) - The Formula One medical car team who helped Romain Grosjean make a 'miracle' escape from a fiery Bahrain Grand Prix crash played down their heroics on Monday and said t...
Nov 30, 2020
U.S. weekly unemployment claims data flawed: government watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department is inaccurately estimating the number of people filing weekly claims for unemployment benefits during the pandemic, which could make it difficult for p...
Nov 30, 2020
Atlantia’s motorway unit picks outside firms for safety checks on network
MILAN (Reuters) - Autostrade per l'Italia has chosen a group of companies led by engineering firm Proger to conduct safety checks on 4,500 bridges, overpasses and tunnels it runs, the motorway unit of...
Nov 30, 2020
South Koreans, Chinese clash on social media over Chinese-style Kimchi winning international certificate
By Daewoung Kim and Soohyun Mah SEOUL (Reuters) - China's efforts to win an international certification for Pao Cai, a pickled vegetable dish from Sichuan, is turning into a social media showdown betw...
Nov 30, 2020
Cybersecurity, pharma coordination are big post-pandemic structural themes: LGIM
By Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity could be one of the key post-pandemic investment themes in an equity-friendly world of low interest rates and vaccine-led recovery, LGIM CIO Sonja Laud s...
Nov 30, 2020
Italians to spend 18% less as COVID dampens Christmas spirit: study
MILAN (Reuters) - Italians are expected to spend almost a fifth less on Christmas gifts this year than in 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has closed shops, restricted social gatherings an...
Nov 30, 2020
Colts punter Sanchez to undergo surgery on cancerous tumor
(Reuters) - Indianapolis Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing surgery Tuesday to remove a tumor, he said on Monday. The 26-year-old, who signed with the Colt...
Nov 30, 2020
Sao Paulo imposes COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge again
By Eduardo Simes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The state of Sao Paulo, home to Brazil's biggest city, imposed stricter social distancing measures on Monday as it wrestles to contain a fresh rise in COVID-19 c...
Nov 30, 2020
