Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia's Qantas aims to cut carbon emissions by 25% by 2030
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Thursday it planned to reduce carbon emissions by 25% by 2030, in part by boosting sustainable aviation fuel to 10% of its fuel mix and increasing the fue...
Mar 30, 2022
Major automakers back tough U.S. vehicle emissions rules in court battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. and foreign automakers on Wednesday backed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new tougher vehicle emissions regulations in a court challenge brought by some ...
Mar 30, 2022
Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates must face diners' lawsuit over U.S. restaurant prices
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Grubhub, Uber Eats and Postmates must face an antitrust lawsuit by diners who accused them of driving up menu prices by exploiti...
Mar 30, 2022
Ex-priest sentenced to 20 years in Costa Rica for 2003 child abuse
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A Costa Rican court sentenced a former priest to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse of a minor, more than two years after the then-cleric was captured...
Mar 30, 2022
Groups urge Biden to reject potential WTO 'concept' on COVID-19 vaccine barriers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors without Borders, Oxfam America, Amnesty International and other top civil society groups on Wednesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reject a potenti...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. looks to add more ethanol to gas to lower pump price -sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Biden administration is considering temporarily removing restrictions on summer sales of higher-ethanol gasoline as a way to lower fuel costs for U.S. consum...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. FDA panel votes against Amylyx's ALS drug
(Corrects typo in first paragraph) (Reuters) -A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted against approving Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc's drug for amyotrophi...
Mar 30, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine slashes pediatric hospitalization risk -U.S. study
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the Omicron wave in the United States than ...
Mar 30, 2022
Factbox-Recession after fleeting yield curve inversion? It is complicated
By Karen Brettell (Reuters) - The closely watched two-year/10-year part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve briefly inverted on Tuesday, which in the past has indicated that a recession could start in on...
Mar 30, 2022
In win for Robinhood, Massachusetts judge declares 'fiduciary' rule invalid
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dealt state securities regulators a major setback in their enforcement action against the online brokerage Robinhood by declaring the state's new ...
Mar 30, 2022
