Author Archives: Syndicated Content
African elephants face growing risk of extinction – Red List
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - African elephants living in forests and savannas are increasingly threatened with extinction, the Red List of species in trouble showed on Thursday, as conservationist...
Mar 25, 2021
India’s Modi pushes to win West Bengal against formidable opposition
By Subrata Nagchoudhury and Devjyot Ghoshal KOLKATA (Reuters) - The populous Indian state of West Bengal has emerged as a key battleground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, which is looking to...
Mar 25, 2021
Women hold majority of seats on GM’s expanded board of directors
(Reuters) - General Motors Co on Thursday said it is expanding its board of directors to 13 persons, with women holding seven of the seats. GM named two new directors, Meg Whitman and Mark Tatum. Whit...
Mar 25, 2021
U.S. lawmakers to introduce baby food safety bill
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Friday will introduce legislation that would set new maximum levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food -- and require...
Mar 25, 2021
Stellantis considering closure of production line at Melfi plant in Italy – union
MILAN (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis is studying a plan which would involve the closure of one of two production lines at its Melfi plant in southern Italy, the head of the FIM CISL union told Reuter...
Mar 25, 2021
U.S. blacklists two Myanmar military-controlled companies: U.S. Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday sanctioned two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar's military following the generals' Feb. 1 coup and deadly crackdown, according to a statement on...
Mar 25, 2021
Brazil inflation rises to multi-year high in mid-March
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian consumer inflation rose to new multi-year highs in the month to mid-March, statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday, driven by strong rises in transport...
Mar 25, 2021
Dividend over digging: Miners pay shareholders but need new projects
By Zandi Shabalala LONDON (Reuters) - Major miners need to increase spending to secure fresh copper supply, analysts say, amid worries that availability of the red metal, crucial for the shift to a lo...
Mar 25, 2021
Italians stay afloat by faking it on Amazon
By Riccardo Bastianello MILAN (Reuters) - A 40-year-old mother from Rome used to have no problem providing for her two young children until the coronavirus struck last year and she lost her job, pushi...
Mar 25, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; fourth-quarter growth revised up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer than expected Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as economic activity rebounds after weather-related disruptions in February, but it would like...
Mar 25, 2021
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