Author Archives: Syndicated Content
On the COVID-19 frontline but half of French care home workers don't trust vaccine
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - Marie-France Boudret, who works in a French home for the elderly, watched a patient suffocate to death in front of her because COVID-19 had infected his lungs. B...
Mar 02, 2021
Column: What would a $15 minimum wage in U.S. mean in retirement? Plenty
By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of the many myths about the minimum wage is that it mainly helps teenagers. That is false, but also ironic - because one of the groups that would be helped most ...
Mar 02, 2021
Self-driving startup Aeva hires Waymo, Apple veteran to oversee supply chain
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Self-driving sensor startup Aeva Inc, founded by two Apple Inc alumni, has hired another former Apple executive to oversee manufacturing and supply chain operations ahead...
Mar 02, 2021
Some U.S. meatpackers announce vaccine plans, but many workers still waiting
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after c...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. airlines remain in 'dire straits,' needs new government assistance: industry group
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a group representing major U.S. passenger airlines and a senior union official will make the case Tuesday to lawmakers for a t...
Mar 02, 2021
Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots
By Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana began its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses it received from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility aimed at provi...
Mar 02, 2021
Brazil's Cosan issues $113 million in new shares as part of restructure
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Cosan SA will issue roughly 638 million reais ($113 million) of new share capital to fully incorporate shareholders of subsidiary Cosan ...
Mar 02, 2021
Woman dies from brain haemorrhage in Japan days after vaccine, but link uncertain
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese a woman in her 60s died from a brain haemorrhage three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination, the health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that there may no...
Mar 02, 2021
Around the world, COVID prompts new look at company taxes
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - The huge public deficits that have piled up as governments bail out their pandemic-hit economies are prompting the first rethink of a four-decade decline in corporate...
Mar 02, 2021
BlackRock still backing stocks after bond market turbulence
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest asset manager BlackRock is still backing stocks after recent market turbulence triggered by rising global bond market borrowing costs. World stocks have seen two...
Mar 02, 2021
