Author Archives: Syndicated Content
As NYC faces steep recovery, voters head to polls in mayoral election
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Voters in New York City head to the polls on Tuesday to select Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor, following a campaign dominated by debate over public safety as the...
Jun 22, 2021
Exclusive: Google drops engineering residency after protests over 'inequities'
By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google plans to shut down a long-running program aimed at entry-level engineers from underrepresented backgrounds after participants said i...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox-What are Democrats considering including in a voting rights bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republican-controlled state legislatures pass a wave of laws https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-erect-voting-barriers-across-number-politically-crucial-us-states-20...
Jun 22, 2021
Natural language processing tech startup Primer raises $110 million
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Primer, a San Francisco-based startup that offers a natural language processing platform used by U.S. national security agencies and others, on Tuesday s...
Jun 22, 2021
Even after Biden tax hike, U.S. firms would pay less than foreign rivals
By Tom Bergin (Reuters) - U.S. companies pay less income tax than their overseas competitors and would likely continue to do so under a tax hike proposed by President Joe Biden, according to a Reuters...
Jun 22, 2021
Explainer: Britney Spears case throws spotlight on complex conservatorships
(Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears has been under a court-appointed conservatorship, or guardianship, since 2008. On Wednesday, she is due to make a personal address to the Los Angeles judge who is h...
Jun 22, 2021
Democrats' voting rights plan faces long odds in U.S. Senate
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal to reform U.S. elections that Democrats say is vital to protecting Americans' right to vote hits the Senate floor on Tuesday, where it faces oppositi...
Jun 22, 2021
Nordic fund KLP divests from Adani Ports over links to Myanmar military
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian pension fund KLP is divesting from Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited on the grounds the company's links with the Myanmar military breach the fu...
Jun 22, 2021
EU to extend vaccine export control mechanism until end of September
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments have supported a plan to extend a mechanism to monitor and potentially limit the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc, a European Commission spokes...
Jun 22, 2021
Germany's Laschet sees no need to reverse China policy over human rights
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany must discuss its concerns about China's record on human rights with Beijing but that does not mean it needs to reverse its policy towards China, the leader of Chancellor Ang...
Jun 22, 2021
