Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Microsoft says it will not enforce non-compete clauses in U.S. employee agreements
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday the company would stop enforcing existing non-compete clauses in the United States, while also committing to a civil rights audit of its workforce policies...
Jun 08, 2022
Swedish fintech Juni raises $206 million in equity, debt funding
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish fintech firm Juni has raised $100 million in a funding round led by Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala, and another $106 million in venture debt financing from Silicon Val...
Jun 08, 2022
Exclusive-Global investors write to U.N. to urge global plan on farming emissions
By Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable and curb one of th...
Jun 08, 2022
Tiny meteoroid bops $10 billion Webb space telescope
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tiny meteoroid struck the newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope in May, knocking one of its gold-plated mirrors out of alignment but not changing the orbi...
Jun 08, 2022
Apple to fund pay-later loans off its own balance sheet
(Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to fund loans for its forthcoming Apple Pay Later service off its corporate balance sheet, the company said on Wednesday. Apple said its treasury department will decide the...
Jun 08, 2022
ECB to chart course out of stimulus, setting stage for rate hikes
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will pull the plug on years of stimulus on Thursday and signal a string of rate hikes to fight surging inflation,...
Jun 08, 2022
Nicaraguan political prisoners held in 'horrific conditions,' says lawyer
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Two former presidential candidates are among more than 180 political prisoners in Nicaragua undergoing "the worst kinds of human rights abuses," their lawyer said Wednesday. One ye...
Jun 08, 2022
Apple defeats class action over Meltdown, Spectre security flaws
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Apple Inc of defrauding customers by selling iPhones and iPads whose processors proved vuln...
Jun 08, 2022
U.S. agrees $500 million loan guarantee for Utah hydrogen storage project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has finalized a $504.4 million loan guarantee to help finance the world's largest storage facility for hydrogen, a gas that ca...
Jun 08, 2022
E-kerosene could help Europe save 5 million tonnes CO2 in 2030 - study
By Zuzanna Szymanska BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030 and save about five million tonnes of CO2 if policymakers boosted the market by lifting targets f...
Jun 08, 2022
