Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pfizer confident there will be more doses than needs by end of 2021
ATHENS (Reuters) - Pfizer's chief executive Albert Bourla said on Wednesday he was confident that by the end of 2021 there would be more vaccine doses than required to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. "I ...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. venture capital investments exceed 2019 despite pandemic gloom
(Reuters) - Despite an initial freeze in investments early in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. venture capital funding this year has already overtaken 2019 levels as many tech companies got...
Dec 02, 2020
NY Fed’s Williams: U.S. economic growth is slowing as fiscal aid fades
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy was recovering faster than expected until recently, but growth is now slowing as the coronavirus spreads across the country and fiscal aid that supported many households e...
Dec 02, 2020
Amazon in talks to buy podcast firm Wondery: WSJ
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is in talks to buy podcast startup Wondery with a valuation of over $300 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. Deal ...
Dec 02, 2020
Holtz to get Presidential Medal of Freedom
(Reuters) - Lou Holtz, one of college football's coaching greats who led Notre Dame to an unbeaten season and a national championship, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Tru...
Dec 02, 2020
Mnuchin, Powell press again for deal to get economy through the COVID winter
By Ann Saphir and Dan Burns (Reuters) - The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small bu...
Dec 02, 2020
Spain sets 10-person limit for Christmas, New Year parties
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government has agreed with regional authorities that up to 10 people will be allowed to gather at a household for the Christmas and New Year holidays to avoid spreading ...
Dec 02, 2020
Appeals court holding Dec. 14 hearing on blocked U.S. TikTok new user ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Washington said on Wednesday it will hold Dec. 14 oral arguments on the government's appeal of an order that blocked a ban on Apple Inc and Alphabet's...
Dec 02, 2020
Mexico signs deal with Pfizer for 34.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has signed an agreement with Pfizer to acquire 34.4 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, the country's health ministry announced in a tweet on Wednesday. The health mi...
Dec 02, 2020
Ex-Goldman Sachs President Cohn has not returned pay after 1MDB clawbacks: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has failed to persuade former president Gary Cohn to return over $10 million he received in pay, as part of the bank's effort to reclaim executive compensation over the 1MDB ...
Dec 02, 2020
