Author Archives: Syndicated Content
America’s wealthy likely to power pandemic-hit U.S. holiday sales: Deloitte
(Reuters) - The wealthy in America are expected to splurge online for gifts and home decorations this holiday season, even as the COVID-19 pandemic erodes sales growth to the slowest in at least a dec...
Sep 15, 2020
Funds and firms call for tougher 2030 EU climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Investors managing trillions in assets and more than 120 business leaders called on the European Union to commit to cut emissions by at least 55% by 2030 on Tuesday...
Sep 15, 2020
U.N. chief to push pandemic ceasefire at world leaders meeting, but fears opportunities lost
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will use his annual address to world leaders next week to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so co...
Sep 15, 2020
Tokyo Games to decide COVID-19 ‘counter-measures’ by end of year: IOC’s Coates
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Organisers are ploughing ahead with the postponed Tokyo Olympics and will decide by the end of the year what "counter-measures" are required to hold them safely in the time of COVID...
Sep 14, 2020
Japan’s new leadership agenda could make jobs a bigger BOJ priority
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank is likely to stress its readiness to help the government protect jobs this week, in a nod to expected new premier Yoshihide Suga's resolve to do ...
Sep 14, 2020
Chinese firms bet on plant-based meat as coronavirus fuels healthy eating trend
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers take their health more seriously i...
Sep 14, 2020
Hong Kong leader says 12 arrested by China at sea not ‘democratic activists being oppressed’
By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities were not "democratic activists being oppressed", the city's leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, with 1...
Sep 14, 2020
China coronavirus vaccine may be ready for public in November: official
BEIJING (Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Preventio...
Sep 14, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 1,407 to 261,762: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose by 1,407 to 261,762, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The death toll rose by 12 to 9,...
Sep 14, 2020
Former Nissan executive Kelly pleads not guilty to helping Ghosn hide income
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Nissan executive Greg Kelly on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges he helped ex-boss Carlos Ghosn under report income as his trial began in Tokyo. "I deny the allegations. I...
Sep 14, 2020
