Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UBS AM sees ’emergency’ vaccine approval in fourth quarter, hot tech to cool
LONDON (Reuters) - An emergency approval of one to three Covid-19 vaccines is likely in the coming months UBS Asset Management predicted on Wednesday, a milestone that could finally end the surge of m...
Sep 23, 2020
Explainer: Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision hinged on women’s right to privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates that women could lose the right to choose whether to have an ...
Sep 23, 2020
Nike shares set for record high after digital sales power stellar results
(Reuters) - Nike Inc's shares were set to open at a record high on Wednesday after the world's largest sports shoemaker posted stellar quarterly results, driven by online sales. Shares of the company ...
Sep 23, 2020
Trump-appointed justice could signal major Supreme Court shift on abortion
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With President Donald Trump poised to nominate a U.S. Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy created by the death of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a ne...
Sep 23, 2020
Advertisers agree deal with social media on steps to curb harmful content
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms that ad...
Sep 23, 2020
Exclusive: How COVID-19 stimulus money will end up in U.S. tobacco farmers’ pockets
By P.J. Huffstutter and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. government aid payments to tobacco farmers will be channeled through a new account within the office of the agriculture secretary, an unus...
Sep 23, 2020
Testing ahead of U.S. elections reveals struggle to quell disinformation
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. election day exercises simulating attacks ranging from hackers to anthrax to disrupt voting show state and local officials will struggle to quickly coun...
Sep 23, 2020
Australia asks Google to block users ‘walking’ sacred site
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has asked Google to remove photographs of the top of the sacred Indigenous site, Uluru, a tool that allowed users to appear to walk on its summit. Austral...
Sep 23, 2020
Thai royalists march against calls for amending constitution
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Thai royalists marched to parliament on Wednesday to oppose calls from anti-government protesters for changes to the constitution as the assembl...
Sep 23, 2020
Malaysia reports 147 new coronavirus cases, three new deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 147 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 10,505 infections. The health ministry also reported three new deaths, raising the total number o...
Sep 23, 2020
