Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uber to use alerts to remind riders to buckle up
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ride-sharing company Uber Technologies plans to begin reminding passengers to wear seat belts by pinging driver phones and sending riders messages amid a spi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Crypto donations soar to groups backing Ukraine's government - report
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin donations have soared to Ukrainian volunteer and hacking groups, some of which have supplied equipment to government forces, according to a report showing such...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Exclusive-EQT readies $3.4 billion sale of French water services firm Saur - sources
By Andres Gonzalez and Pamela Barbaglia MADRID (Reuters) - European buyout firm EQT is working with advisers to prepare the sale of French water management firm Saur in a deal that could value France'...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Spanish firm fined $6 million for Ghana explosives truck blast that killed 13
ACCRA (Reuters) - The Spanish company that owned a truck that exploded and killed 13 people last month en route to an internationally-run gold mine in western Ghana violated storage and transport laws...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Thai truckers' protest at diesel prices clogs capital
By Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of freight trucks deliberately clogged a major thoroughfare of Thailand's notoriously congested capital on Tuesday, seeking to pressure the government ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
U.N. rights office demands release of Afghan women activists
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month after protests ove...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Ferrari and Qualcomm team up for tech projects for road, racing cars
ROME (Reuters) - Ferrari said on Tuesday it would partner with Qualcomm Technologies to use the San-Diego based group's premium product, the Snapdragon chipsets, to accelerate the sports carmaker digi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Olympics-Beijing claims Gu as a daughter after golden day in China
By Yew Lun Tian, Julien Pretot and Krystal Hu BEIJING (Reuters) - Teenager Eileen Gu nailed a new trick in the final run of the freeski Big Air on Tuesday, delivering host nation China its quickest go...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Angry Canada truckers block busiest bridge with U.S.; Trudeau faces grilling
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Angry Canadian truckers were blocking the busiest crossing with the United States on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepared to face legislators later ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
Relief and challenges for chipmakers as Nvidia-Arm megadeal collapses
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The chip industry is breathing a sigh of relief over the aborted purchase of ARM Ltd by U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp but the firms and their shareholders are left wi...
Thomson Reuters Feb 08, 2022
