Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Truck maker Navistar says Omicron variant is likely to slow supply chain recovery
(Reuters) - U.S. truck maker Navistar International Corp, backed by Volkswagen, said on Wednesday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus would likely slow the recovery in the global supply chain. A sh...
Dec 01, 2021
Crypto firm CEOs to testify before U.S. House banking panel on Dec. 8
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top executives of eight major cryptocurrency firms, including Coinbase Global Inc, will testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Dec. ...
Dec 01, 2021
Fauci says first U.S. case of Omicron detected in California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first U.S. case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in California, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday. The individual in que...
Dec 01, 2021
Bulls, Heat lose draft picks for Lonzo Ball, Kyle Lowry tampering
The Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat will forfeit their next available second-round draft pick for tampering violations related to the signings of Lonzo Ball and Kyle Lowry during the summer, the NBA anno...
Dec 01, 2021
GM boosts full year profit forecast
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co expects full year adjusted pre-tax profits will reach about $14 billion, higher than the previous forecast, the automaker's Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson ...
Dec 01, 2021
UAE announces its first case of the new COVID-19 variant - WAM
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday its first case of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron for an African woman arriving from an African country through an Arab country, stat...
Dec 01, 2021
Mariners extend RHP Andres Munoz through 2025
The Seattle Mariners signed right-hander Andres Munoz to a four-year extension through the 2025 season, with club options for three additional seasons. Wednesday's announcement locks the 22-year-old i...
Dec 01, 2021
Italy approves COVID-19 vaccination for 5-11 year olds
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's medicines agency AIFA on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11. AIFA's decision, which wa...
Dec 01, 2021
U.S. companies battle rising prices and labor shortages, Fed survey shows
By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The U.S. economy expanded at a modest-to-moderate pace in October and the first half of November while firms grappled with rising inflation and a scrambl...
Dec 01, 2021
Explainer-Does Omicron pose higher risks for infants than other variants?
By Alexander Winning and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Data from an area in South Africa hard-hit by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has shown a high number of hospital admissions of infan...
Dec 01, 2021
