Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Stablecoins steal the limelight from subdued bitcoin
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Vidya Ranganathan (Reuters) - As bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, struggles to recover after a massive crash, regulatory and private sector focus has turned t...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
The Big Game: Amy Trask on job lessons from the sports field
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the world of professional sports, it is still considered newsworthy when a woman occupies the corner suite as the boss. But for Amy Trask, it is old hat. The fo...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Triathlon-World governing body sanctions Russia for doping offences
(Reuters) - World Triathlon has imposed sanctions on the Russian Triathlon Federation (RTF) that will be effective for one year due to a "significant number" of doping cases in the country, the govern...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Activist Land & Buildings to seek seat on American Campus Communities board
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Land & Buildings Investment Management is seeking a seat on the board of American Campus Communities (ACC), according to people famil...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Cast out of U.S., Haiti migrant drops American Dream for second go in Chile
By Gessika Thomas, Ivan Alvarado and Daina Beth Solomon PORT-AU-PRINCE/PEUMO, Chile (Reuters) - Like thousands of other Haitian migrants, Eric Jean Louis gave up his house and job in Chile earlier thi...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Israel's high tech sector raises record $25.4 billion in 2021
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's high-tech sector raised a record $25.4 billion so far in 2021, up 136% over 2020, Start-Up Nation Central said in a report on Monday. It noted that FinTech, enterprise I...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Russia shelves plan for QR vaccination proof on planes and trains
By Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament will shelve a draft bill that would have required people travelling by plane or train to present QR codes showing proof of...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Thousands of La Palma residents locked down as eruption mars air quality
LA PALMA (Reuters) - Thousands of residents of Spain's La Palma island were ordered to stay at home on Monday due to "extremely adverse" air quality generated by the Cumbre Vieja volcano that has smou...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Pakistanis squeezed by inflation face more pain from tax hikes
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - When Pakistan's annual inflation rate hit 11.5% in November, the statistics office put a number on a phenomenon that was already painfully clear to the poor and t...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
Israeli firm uses air and water to store solar energy for nighttime
KIBBUTZ YAHEL, Israel (Reuters) - The southern tip of Israel is a rocky desert where solar panels are abundant and the sun, when shining, is the source of nearly all electricity. Once it sets, however...
Thomson Reuters Dec 13, 2021
