Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan govt weighs raising FY22 growth forecast to +3.0% or more -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering raising its forecast for fiscal 2022 real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 3.0% or more after taking into account the impact of a record $317 billion extra...
Dec 20, 2021
UK businesses feel pressure from Omicron - Lloyds survey
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British business confidence began to feel the impact of the Omicron variant of coronavirus this month, alongside further upward pressure on prices and staffing cos...
Dec 20, 2021
Singapore finds suspected Omicron cluster in gym
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's ministry of health said late on Monday it has detected a cluster of three COVID-19 cases linked to a gym, of whom two have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicr...
Dec 20, 2021
Mexico reports 58 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing toll to 297,916
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Monday reported 58 more confirmed deaths from COVID-19, bringing the official death toll in the country since the pandemic began to 297,916. The min...
Dec 20, 2021
Alex Jones of Infowars to invoke right not to testify to U.S. Capitol riot panel
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of the right-wing website Infowars, said on Monday said he will invoke his right under the Fifth Amendment of the U....
Dec 20, 2021
China expected to extend regulatory crackdowns into 2022
By Kane Wu and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - After China's year of unprecedented crackdowns, roiling markets and halting deals, bankers and lawyers expect tighter scrutiny to continue in 2022 but sa...
Dec 20, 2021
E-scooter sharing firm VOI raises $115 million, valuation crosses $1 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's VOI Technology, which operates e-scooter service in Europe, said on Tuesday it has raised $115 million from investors such as Raine Group and VNV Global, valuing the com...
Dec 20, 2021
U.S. families fear hunger after child-tax credit expires
By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The phone calls to Yvonka Hall's health nonprofit in northeastern Ohio from families begging for help feeding their children started in Marc...
Dec 20, 2021
Omicron variant accounts for 73% of U.S. infections - CDC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of coronavirus accounts for 73% of U.S. coronavirus infections based on sequencing data for the week ended Dec. 18, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Dec 20, 2021
German tax take continues to surge but supply bottlenecks drag -govt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's tax take surged again in November, rising 15.4% on the year to 54.9 billion euros, thanks to its recovery from the pandemic earlier this year, although the economic upturn...
Dec 20, 2021
