Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Apple critic Tile Inc acquired by Life360 in $205 million deal
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Tile Inc, a maker of tracking tags that was a vocal critic of Apple Inc, has been acquired by Life360, a location-sharing app maker. The deal was valued at $205 million a...
Nov 22, 2021
Fed's Bostic: Powell, Brainard appointments remove uncertainty for Fed
(Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Monday President Joe Biden's decision to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as Fed chair removes uncertainty for policymakers...
Nov 22, 2021
DoorDash pays $5 million to settle San Francisco worker misclassification probe
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Delivery company DoorDash Inc is paying more than $5 million to settle an investigation by San Francisco into alleged labor law violations, with the bulk of the money going ...
Nov 22, 2021
Britain's Prince Charles to open new AstraZeneca research centre
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles will formally open a new 1 billion pound ($1.3 billion) AstraZeneca research and development (R&D) facility on Tuesday, as the company aims to fuel the grow...
Nov 22, 2021
Australia, Germany commit $90 million to fund hydrogen projects
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia and Germany plan to spend around $90 million to fund hydrogen projects as part of a joint push to speed up development of the clean fuel to help cut carbon emissions, t...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. Capitol riot 'QAnon Shaman' lawyers wrangle the week after sentencing
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for U.S. Capitol rioter nicknamed the "QAnon Shaman" bickered on Monday over who will now represent him, a week after he was sentenced to more than thr...
Nov 22, 2021
Haitian migrants in southern Mexico press officials to let them move freely
By Jose Torres and Jose Luis Gonzalez TAPACHULA (Reuters) - Several thousand Haitian migrants on Monday clustered outside a stadium in southern Mexico that has been re-purposed into a migration office...
Nov 22, 2021
Pokemon Go creator Niantic valued at $9 billion after Coatue's investment
(Reuters) - Niantic Inc, the augmented reality (AR) platform behind Pokemon Go, raised $300 million from hedge fund Coatue at a valuation of $9 billion, the company said in a blog post coatue on Monda...
Nov 22, 2021
Soccer-FIFA wraps up inspection of potential 2026 World Cup venues
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - FIFA, world soccer's governing body, wrapped up site visits to potential venues for the 2026 World Cup to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico with...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. not heading toward COVID lockdown, White House says
By Ahmed Aboulenein and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not need to impose a lockdown or shut down its economy to curb the spread of COVID-19 and will rely on other tool...
Nov 22, 2021
