Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stimulus bets prop up S&P, Nasdaq futures
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose on Monday as investors remained hopeful about a deal in Washington over more fiscal stimulus, while Dow futures were subdued...
Oct 12, 2020
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs financial targets jeopardized as pandemic slows revamp
By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc management is considering whether to scale back financial targets set earlier this year, as the coronavirus pandemic has hindered the bank...
Oct 12, 2020
Thailand to manufacture AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine – UK govt
(Reuters) - The British government said on Monday that Thailand's Ministry of Public Health and Siam Bioscience have agreed to manufacture and supply AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the...
Oct 12, 2020
Court orders seizure of ransomware botnet controls as U.S. election nears
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft said Monday it had used a court order to take control of computers that were installing ransomware and other malicious software on local government n...
Oct 12, 2020
Bag Santa and the elves? A holiday hiring slump takes shape
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the pandemic blew a hole in the U.S. labor market last spring, the hope was for a quick return to normal. It's clear that hasn't happened, and with the ...
Oct 12, 2020
Second human trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine abroad, in UAE, have launched – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Human trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine have begun in the United Arab Emirates, the Kremlin said on Monday in a statement detailing a phone call between President Vladimir Puti...
Oct 12, 2020
Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - Question: How can a company like Caterpillar try to counter a slump in sales of bulldozers and trucks during a pandemic that has made every human a potential ...
Oct 12, 2020
UK health official says COVID is not just a problem in northern England
LONDON (Reuters) - The problem of increasing COVID-19 cases in England is not limited to the north of England, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said on Monday. "Pretty much all areas of t...
Oct 12, 2020
Hamilton steers clear of great debate after record success
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton looks sure to become the most successful Formula One driver of all time but argument about the greatest will rumble on. But the Mercedes driver, who e...
Oct 12, 2020
Pandemic can be overcome quickly with right tools: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The global COVID-19 pandemic can be overcome quickly if countries use the right tools, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Monday, but warned that if those tools were ...
Oct 12, 2020
