Author Archives: Syndicated Content
J.C. Penney rescue deal approved in bankruptcy court
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday approved a deal to rescue J.C. Penney Co Inc from bankruptcy proceedings precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic, averting a liquidation that wou...
Nov 09, 2020
U.S. Justice Department clears Uber-Postmates deal: Axios
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Uber Technologies Inc's acquisition of food delivery company Postmates, news website Axios reported https://bit.ly/35dWmv7 on Monday, citing a sourc...
Nov 09, 2020
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins Canada’s top literary Scotiabank Giller Prize
TORONTO (Reuters) - Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's top award for literature, for her short story collection "How To Pronounce Knife," the prize's sponsor announc...
Nov 09, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations surge to record of almost 59,000 patients: Reuters tally
By Anurag Maan (Reuters) - There were almost 59,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the United States on Monday, the country's highest number ever of in-patients being treated for the disease. T...
Nov 09, 2020
Indonesia’s Bio Farma says trials of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine “going smoothly”
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma said on Tuesday that its clinical trials of China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine were "going smoothly", after Brazil suspend...
Nov 09, 2020
Southeast Asia’s internet economy to cross $100 billion this year: industry report
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's internet economy will hit $105 billion this year, as the coronavirus crisis prompted stuck-at-home consumers to go online to shop, get food delivered at home and...
Nov 09, 2020
El Salvador president faces probe over search for wartime massacre files
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A court in El Salvador has asked the prosecutor's office to investigate whether President Nayib Bukele and his defense minister blocked a judicial inspectio...
Nov 09, 2020
Afghan woman shot, blinded, for getting a job
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's cent...
Nov 09, 2020
Disneyland furloughs more workers, citing ‘limbo’ on reopening
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Monday it was furloughing additional workers from its Disneyland theme park in Southern California, because it still does not know when the state will al...
Nov 09, 2020
Golf: Masters still a thrill for first-time players
(Reuters) - The rush that comes with a first-time appearance at the Masters remains sweet despite the COVID-19 pandemic altering just about everything about the major championship this year, players s...
Nov 09, 2020
