Author Archives: Syndicated Content
State officials and retailers don’t want to see a repeat of panic buying in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – State officials and retailers in Michigan are urging everyone to pause any panic buying. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary...
Nov 20, 2020
World Bank chief says legislative changes can aid sovereign debt restructurings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass said on Friday that G20 countries need to move forward with "deep, permanent debt relief" and some may need to make legislative changes to pus...
Nov 20, 2020
Fed’s Kaplan says U.S. economy needs more fiscal support
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Friday called again for more fiscal support for the U.S. economy, particularly for state and local governments struggling with budget...
Nov 20, 2020
FireKeepers donates 2,500 holiday turkeys to area food banks
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – For the 11th straight year, FireKeepers Casino Hotel has donated 2,500 turkeys for the holiday season to five area food banks as well as The Kendall Street Pantry in Ba...
Nov 20, 2020
Institut Pasteur to keep working on three COVID-19 vaccines
By Yiming Woo PARIS (Reuters) - France's Institut Pasteur will keep its three COVID-19 vaccine projects running despite recent reports of high efficacy rates in two experimental shots by Moderna and P...
Nov 20, 2020
U.N. chief warns Yemen in imminent danger of famine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that Yemen "is now in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades." "In the absence of immediate ac...
Nov 20, 2020
Bitcoin rises to three-year peak, all-time high in sight
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin rose to a three-year high of $18,600 on Friday, up 4.5% on the day and close to its all-time high of just under $20,000. Bitcoin has gained over 16% so far this week - its b...
Nov 20, 2020
Canada COVID-19 daily cases could soar by end-2020, say medical officials in grim forecast
OTTAWA (Reuters) - New daily cases of COVID-19 in Canada could soar to 60,000 by the end of the year, up from less than 5,000 now, if people increase their daily contacts, the country's top medical of...
Nov 20, 2020
New York judge reduces J&J damages award in baby powder case to $120 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge has reduced to $120 million from $325 million a damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson to a woman who blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using t...
Nov 20, 2020
Investors bet on credit deterioration on Treasury-Fed divide
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The price of U.S. corporate debt fell on Friday morning as investors bet that credit conditions could deteriorate if key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve are allow...
Nov 20, 2020
