Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden administration to announce plan to ban menthol cigarettes: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration this week is expected to propose a ban on menthol cigarettes, a move backed by civil rights groups that say Black Americans are hurt by the industry's a...
Apr 28, 2021
ECB’s Lagarde sees first COVID jab reaching 70% of euro zone by June
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday she expected 70% of the euro zone's population to have received the first dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 b...
Apr 28, 2021
Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators set to clear Aon, Willis deal – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are unlikely to demand more concessions from insurance broker Aon over its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson and are expected to give conditional cl...
Apr 28, 2021
U.S. goods trade deficit hits record high in March
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit in goods jumped to a record high in March, suggesting trade was a drag on economic growth in the first quarter, but that was likely offs...
Apr 28, 2021
“Pioneering” Chile moves to cover pregnant women with COVID-19 vaccines
By Reuters TV SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile has designated pregnant women a COVID-19 vaccination priority and this week began issuing Pfizer doses to those with underlying health issues in their second o...
Apr 28, 2021
Brazil to receive 1 million Pfizer vaccine doses on Thursday, health minister says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said the country would receive 1 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, as supplies of immunizations dwindle and risk ...
Apr 28, 2021
Exclusive: Teva Pharm unlikely to reach deals to co-produce vaccines -CEO
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is not likely to reach deals with COVID vaccine makers to co-produce the vaccines although discussions are still ongoing, chief executive ...
Apr 28, 2021
Canada PM says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe, despite blood clot death
OTTAWA (Reuters) - AstraZeneca PLC's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and Canadians should have confidence in it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, reacting to news that a woman had died of a r...
Apr 28, 2021
Nestle says 573 UK jobs at risk amid confectionery revamp
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle is restructuring its confectionery operations in Britain in a move that could cost nearly 600 jobs in the north east of the England, the world's biggest packed food company s...
Apr 28, 2021
Analysis: Bent on reviving growth, CEE countries shun near-term inflation threat
By Krisztina Than and Jason Hovet BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Central Europe's rate setters for the most part look set to weather a looming spike in inflation and let their economies rebound with a ve...
Apr 28, 2021
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