Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU antitrust regulators to decide on $9 billion SK Hynix, Intel deal by May 20
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust enforcers will decide by May 20 whether to clear South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc's $9 billion buy of Intel Corp's NAND memory chip business, according to a Europe...
Apr 15, 2021
Thermo Fisher expands pharma service business with $17.4 billion PPD acquisition
(Reuters) -Medical device maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc said on Thursday it would acquire contract researcher PPD Inc for $17.4 billion as it looks to add more muscle to its pharmaceutical servic...
Apr 15, 2021
Venezuela gets another 50,000 doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has received a batch of 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said on Thursday, as COVID-19 cases spike in the South Ame...
Apr 15, 2021
Tight rein on costs helps UnitedHealth beat profit expectations, raise forecast
By Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc on Thursday raised its 2021 adjusted profit target, as tight control on medical costs helped the largest U.S. health insurer handily beat first...
Apr 15, 2021
India to receive Sputnik V vaccine doses this month: TASS cites ambassador
MOSCOW (Reuters) - India's ambassador to Moscow said deliveries of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to India were expected to begin before the end of April, the TASS news agency reported, after ...
Apr 15, 2021
Peru economy contracts 4.18% in February amid COVID-19 second wave
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's economy contracted 4.18% year-on-year in February, as the world's no. 2 copper producer was hit by a sharp second wave of COVID-19 infections, the government said on Thursday. ...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi says does not support bill to expand the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she does not support proposed legislation to add seats to the U.S. Supreme Court and favors President Joe Biden's appr...
Apr 15, 2021
Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc needs to do better at taking care of its employees, Jeff Bezos said on Thursday in his final letter to shareholders as chief executive officer of the online retail giant. Be...
Apr 15, 2021
Power of Oscars keeps Romanian ‘Collective’ tragedy in people’s minds, says director
LONDON (Reuters) - Romanian director Alexander Nanau says a double Oscar nomination for his documentary "Collective" means a tragic 2015 nightclub fire and subsequent healthcare scandal at the heart o...
Apr 15, 2021
‘Life has come to a halt’ say Mumbai’s famous lunchmen as coronavirus wrecks trade
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The famed 'Dabbawalas' or lunchbox delivery men of Mumbai who used to deliver 200,000 lunches by bicycle every day, say a loss of customers due to the coronavirus pandemic has destr...
Apr 15, 2021
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