Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Communications platform Dialpad valued at $2.2 billion after ICONIQ Capital-led funding
(Reuters) - Cloud communications platform Dialpad Inc has raised fresh funds at a $2.2 billion valuation in a funding round led by investment firm ICONIQ Capital, riding on a boom in dealmaking in the...
Dec 16, 2021
Danish PM warns of further curbs after record new COVID-19 cases
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday warned that further measures to curb a third wave of the COVID-19 epidemic might be coming after the Nordic country saw ye...
Dec 16, 2021
ECB dials back some stimulus as expected
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cut support for the euro zone economy by another notch on Thursday but promised copious support for 2022, confirming its relaxed inflation view and indicat...
Dec 16, 2021
First group of migrants from Cyprus relocated under Pope pledge
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A first group of migrants left Cyprus on Thursday as part of an initiative by Pope Francis to assist in their relocation, the government said. Pope Francis visited Cyprus in early ...
Dec 16, 2021
Rising prices threaten cheerless New Year for Russian families
By Alexey Malgavko and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber TARA, Russia (Reuters) - Siberian pensioner Gulsina Zhemaletdinova worries she won't have anything to serve her family when they gather around the table...
Dec 16, 2021
EU regulator okays COVID-19 treatments from GSK-Vir and Sobi
(Reuters) -The European Union's drug regulator on Thursday approved a COVID-19 treatment from British-U.S. duo GSK and Vir Biotechnology and another from Swedish drugmaker Sobi, as the bloc builds its...
Dec 16, 2021
Column-Europe's green deal needs to get round anti-mining roadblock: Andy Home
By Andy Home LONDON (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets in Serbia again on Saturday. It was the third consecutive weekend of marches and road blockades against the government's push to develop ...
Dec 16, 2021
McDonald's settles lawsuit with ex-CEO Easterbrook over alleged lies about affairs
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Thursday it had reached a settlement with former chief Steve Easterbrook, resolving a lawsuit in which the burger chain had claimed that he covered up and lied abou...
Dec 16, 2021
EU strikes deal with Moderna for quicker COVID-19 vaccine supplies
(Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it reached an agreement with Moderna to accelerate deliveries of the U.S. company's COVID-19 vaccine to EU member states that have a short-term nee...
Dec 16, 2021
Motional partners with Uber to provide autonomous food deliveries in California
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Motional, the self-driving joint venture of Hyundai Motor Co and Aptiv PLC, on Thursday said it was entering the autonomous delivery market by providing meal kits for some C...
Dec 16, 2021
