Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia's Putin approves nationwide one-week workplace shutdown from Oct. 30
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a government proposal for a week-long workplace shutdown at the start of November to combat an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases...
Oct 20, 2021
UK regulators set up climate taskforce to help actuaries
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - UK regulators said on Wednesday they would form a taskforce to publish a report on the science of climate change to help actuaries do a better job of assessing the r...
Oct 20, 2021
UK net zero targets at risk from inequality, says L&G
By Muvija M (Reuters) - Britain's plans to hit net-zero emissions risk being derailed by income inequality, with only higher income households able to afford new green technologies unless costs are sh...
Oct 20, 2021
Senators seek details from U.S. electronics firm on Uyghur labor
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic and Republican U.S. senators wrote to remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc on Wednesday about concerns the Arizona-based com...
Oct 20, 2021
Bourse operator Cboe to buy digital asset exchange ErisX
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cboe Global Markets said on Wednesday it was buying Eris Digital Holdings (ErisX), a spot and derivatives exchange for digital assets, as the exchange operator see...
Oct 20, 2021
Poland facing COVID-19 'explosion' says health minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has seen an explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two days and if the current trend continues drastic steps will be needed, the health minister said on Wednesday, ...
Oct 20, 2021
Ailing Brazilian soccer great Pele says he is getting 'closer to the goal'
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian soccer player Pele, not long out of the hospital after surgery to remove a tumour, told fans on Wednesday to start celebrating his life because he was getting "c...
Oct 20, 2021
Germany to keep border open despite migrant influx from Belarus
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is not considering closing its border with Poland to stem the flow of migrants trying to cross into the European Union from Belarus, Interior Minister Hors...
Oct 20, 2021
Volkswagen's main plant producing fewest cars since 1958, source says
By Jan Schwartz and Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen has produced just 300,000 cars at its main Wolfsburg plant so far this year, a company source with knowledge of the matter said, th...
Oct 20, 2021
Exclusive-Renault sees bigger production hit from chip shortage - sources
PARIS (Reuters) -French carmaker Renault expects to produce at least 300,000 fewer vehicles this year due to a global shortage in semiconductor chips, three sources close to firm told Reuters on Wedne...
Oct 20, 2021
