Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Maryland mayor arrested, faces child pornography charges
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A mayor in Maryland has gone from city hall in a Washington D.C. suburb to a county jail cell in less than a week after he was arrested and charged with 56 counts of pos...
Mar 03, 2023
Meta lowers Quest VR headsets prices to lure customers
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc cut the prices of its virtual reality headsets in hopes of stirring demand for its VR hardware, as its bold bets on the metaverse have struggled to make a big splash. It...
Mar 03, 2023
Binance CEO reaffirms support for Voyager deal amid SEC pushback
(Reuters) -Binance Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao on Friday reiterated support for the exchange's U.S. partner to acquire Voyager Digital, after an earlier tweet indicated he was weighing walk...
Mar 03, 2023
Amazon delays construction of second phase of Virginia headquarters
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would push back the start of construction for the next phase of its second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. A spokesperson for the company, responding ...
Mar 03, 2023
Canada will 'never tolerate' foreign interference, foreign minister tells China
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi that Canada will never tolerate any form of foreign inte...
Mar 03, 2023
War of the worms: Polish politicians give each other a mouthful over edible insects
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish voters were given food for thought on Friday, as politicians from the two main parties traded accusations that the other side planned to push meat-loving citizens into eating...
Mar 03, 2023
Air Canada pilots decry 'embarrassing' pay gap with U.S. after Delta deal
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Air Canada pilots are pressing for higher pay in the run-up to fresh contract talks, following recent gains secured by pilots at U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines, u...
Mar 03, 2023
Fed "acutely aware" of trouble inflation is causing - report
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve is "acutely aware" of the challenges high inflation poses to the economy and is "strongly committed" to its 2% target for price incre...
Mar 03, 2023
Fed's Logan says financial system vulnerable to bond market stress
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said Friday the U.S. government bond market remains vulnerable to significant shocks and that government a...
Mar 03, 2023
Biden administration announces plan to stop water plant hacks
By Suzanne Smalley (Reuters) - The Biden administration announced on Friday a new plan to improve the digital defenses of public water systems. The move comes one day after the announcement of a natio...
Mar 03, 2023
