Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canadian farmer's thumbs-up emoji leads to $62,000 fine for undelivered flax
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian farmer has been ordered to pay more than C$82,000 ($61,784) in damages over an emoji confusion that a Saskatchewan judge resolved by ruling that a thumbs...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Barclays hires Birchenough as chairman of healthcare investment banking
By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Plc has hired Jim Birchenough from Wells Fargo & Co as its chairman of global healthcare investment banking, a spokesperson for the British bank confir...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Canada's Trudeau and Alberta Premier Smith look for agreement on climate policies
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Friday said they hoped to find agreement on climate and energy policies that have been a sore p...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Analysis-Meta's 'friendly' Threads collides with unfriendly internet
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a "friendly" refuge for public discourse online, framing it in sharp distinction to the more adve...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
US NTSB probes engine fire on a 737 Max at Newark Airport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is probing an engine fire that occurred last week on a Boeing 737 Max plane operated by United Airlines at Newark Liberty Internati...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
US to send Ukraine cluster munitions, NATO makes membership pledge
(Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely-banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO's leader said th...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
US bank credit rose last week, while commercial and industrial loans fell -Fed data
(Reuters) - Bank credit for U.S. commercial banks expanded slightly in the last week of June, even as commercial and industrial lending ticked down, Federal Reserve data released on Friday showed. Ban...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Senior US diplomat heads to India to discuss free speech, minority rights
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to India in the coming days and engage with its civil society over free speech and marginalization of minorities, after Indi...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Misunderstood rattlesnakes have a tender side, study finds
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Warm and cuddly are adjectives that seldom spring to mind when one thinks of rattlesnakes. But a new study from Loma Linda University near San Bernardino, California, may cha...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
Brazil's lower house approves crucial tax trial rules change
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house passed a bill on Friday aimed at raising the bar for companies to win challenges to their tax bills, delivering a win for the government of President Luiz Inc...
Thomson Reuters Jul 07, 2023
