Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Romanian cobbler makes size-75 winter boots to stamp out COVID-19
CLUJ, Romania (Reuters) - A Romanian cobbler who made giant shoes to help keep people apart during the first wave of COVID-19 has come up with a new line of huge winter boots to stamp out the second o...
Dec 03, 2020
Warner Bros to stream next year’s movies while they are in theaters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's Warner Bros studio on Thursday announced that it will make all of its 2021 films available in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service starting on the same day,...
Dec 03, 2020
Senate vote likely next week on blocking Trump’s massive UAE arms sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he expected lawmakers would vote as soon as next week on resolutions seeking to block R...
Dec 03, 2020
High-speed internet lines to surge in Europe as virus boosts demand: study
MILAN (Reuters) - The number of high speed fibre optic broadband lines in Europe is expected to more than double over the next six years from last year's levels as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates de...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 272,525 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 13,822,249 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 196,227 cases from its previous count, and said that ...
Dec 03, 2020
Britain to compensate against severe COVID-19 vaccine side-effects
(Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said it will add COVID-19 vaccines to an existing scheme to cover liabilities from any potential severe side-effects of the shots, a day after it became the first Weste...
Dec 03, 2020
Citigroup on track for trial over $900 million Revlon mistake
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday said Citigroup Inc's lawsuit to recoup some of the nearly $900 million it mistakenly paid Revlon Inc's lenders appeared on track fo...
Dec 03, 2020
Waller to join Fed board as virus surge threatens U.S. economy
By Richard Cowan and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Christopher Waller to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, giving him a voice on the central bank's po...
Dec 03, 2020
Southwest issues layoff warnings to 6,828 employees
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it had issued notices to 6,828 employees warning them that they could be furloughed, amid a slump in demand for air travel due to the coronavirus cri...
Dec 03, 2020
Vitol enters deal with U.S. government to avoid prosecution over Brazil oil bribes
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Vitol SA's U.S. subsidiary entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. government over two counts of alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a prose...
Dec 03, 2020
