Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Microsoft considers deal to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is considering a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Microsoft did not immediately res...
Feb 08, 2022
Tech executive McCarthy moves to Peloton, investors cheer his arrival
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Technology industry executive Barry McCarthy is an avid user of a Peloton bike and now the stakes for his workouts are rising as he becomes chief executive wi...
Feb 08, 2022
U.S. lawmakers closer to agreement on Russia sanctions bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers negotiating a Russia sanctions bill were getting "closer and closer" to an agreement, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday. Russia has amassed t...
Feb 08, 2022
New York considers making outdoor dining a permanent fixture
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York City Council held a hearing on Tuesday to consider a plan to make sidewalk dining - first allowed in 2020 as a temporary measure to help blunt econo...
Feb 08, 2022
Mediator in Purdue Pharma bankruptcy seeks to extend talks to Feb. 16
(Reuters) - A mediator holding talks between members of the Sackler family that own Purdue Pharma and U.S. states opposed to the OxyContin-maker's bankruptcy exit plan requested an extension of the me...
Feb 08, 2022
Reports: Pelicans Acquire Blazers Guard C.J. McCollum in 7-player trade
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard C.J. McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a seven-player trade, said two people familiar with the situation. The Pelicans...
Feb 08, 2022
U.S. CDC stands by K-12 school masking guidance as states relax rules –Walensky
By Julie Steenhuysen and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stands by its mask-wearing guidance for public K-12 schools with COVID-19 cases still high natio...
Feb 08, 2022
Lawsuit accuses Harvard of ignoring sexual harassment by professor
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Three female graduate students at Harvard University filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring for years the sexual harassment of student...
Feb 08, 2022
Biden supports Congress staffers' right to unionize, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden supports the right of congressional staffers to unionize, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw; Writing ...
Feb 08, 2022
White House: it is clear that Jan 6 was not 'legitimate political discourse'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it was clear to Americans that the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was not "legitimate political discourse" after the Republican Party...
Feb 08, 2022
