Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Baidu raises $3.08 billion from Hong Kong listing: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese internet search giant Baidu Inc is set to raise $3.08 billion by pricing its shares at $HK252 each in its Hong Kong secondary listing, according to two sources with direc...
Mar 16, 2021
India's coronavirus cases rise by highest since Dec. 13
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's daily COVID-19 cases jumped by 28,903 on Wednesday, data from the health ministry showed, the highest increase since Dec. 13 and taking the total to 11.44 million. Deaths...
Mar 16, 2021
Australia's biggest lender to take on Afterpay, PayPal in buy now, pay later race
By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Wednesday became the first major lender in the country to offer its own "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) service, taking on U.S. payments gian...
Mar 16, 2021
Sailing: Team New Zealand win America's Cup 7-3
(Reuters) - Team New Zealand won the 36th America's Cup on Wednesday, beating Luna Rossa 7-3 in the best-of-13 series with a dominant 46-second victory in race 10 off the coast of Auckland. Defender T...
Mar 16, 2021
Pfizer to halt biosimilar output in China, sell assets to WuXi Biologics
BEIJING (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has decided to stop producing biosimilar products in China and sell a unit in the eastern city of Hangzhou to WuXi Biologics Inc, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday. T...
Mar 16, 2021
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 13,435: RKI
BERLIN, Mar 17 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 13,435 to 2,594,764, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday....
Mar 16, 2021
Bolstered by allies, Biden officials take blunt message to first China talks
By Michael Martina, Yew Lun Tian and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States will take an uncompromising stance in talks with China on Thursday in Alaska, officials have said, i...
Mar 16, 2021
Myanmar Buddhist group signals break with authorities after violent crackdown
(Reuters) - The most powerful group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar called on the junta to end violence against protesters and accused an "armed minority" of torture and killing innocent civilians follow...
Mar 16, 2021
Oil bears and bulls grapple as market puzzles over pandemic exit
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Trading in oil futures is now as heavy as it was in the first months of the COVID-19 crisis, according to market data and analysts, with oil bulls and bears rushing...
Mar 16, 2021
Tennis-Dzumhur faces disciplinary probe, fined for walking off court
(Reuters) - Damir Dzumhur has been fined and will face a further probe after the Bosnian walked off court in anger over a line call during his second qualifying round match on Sunday in the ATP 500 ev...
Mar 16, 2021
