Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Some UK financial firms blame COVID for missing target of women in senior roles
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Most financial firms and institutions signed up to a UK finance ministry backed charter met their 2020 targets for women in senior management as those who fell behind b...
Mar 17, 2021
Japan's Nishikori eyes top-five return in second chapter of career
(Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori feels like he is in the second stage of his career after the last few years were interrupted by injuries but the 31-year-old says his goal remains to get back to the ...
Mar 17, 2021
Volkswagen sees 2021 sales, earnings to rise, plans more electric car deliveries
(Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Wednesday it expects its 2021 deliveries, sales and earnings to come in above the previous year's level, as it announced the start of its new strategy. The group said it...
Mar 17, 2021
COVID 'tornado' hitting Papua New Guinea's fragile hospitals, say health workers
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in hospitals in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea were hitting its fragile health system "like a tornado", with ...
Mar 17, 2021
New York stays top in finance as London loses ground, index shows
LONDON (Reuters) - New York kept the top spot in the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), with London clinging on to second place in the face of competition from Shanghai and other Asian cent...
Mar 17, 2021
Britain considering best way to proceed on vaccine passports: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is looking at the idea of vaccine passports and discussing the best way to proceed in terms of fairness, said business minister Kwasi Kwarteng. P&O Cruises said earlier on W...
Mar 17, 2021
U.S.'s Austin says South Korea alliance important due to China, North Korea concerns: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday the United States' alliance with South Korea is ever more important because of growing security concerns over China and North Ko...
Mar 17, 2021
Half of UK adults will have had a COVID-19 shot by end of week: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of Britain's adult population will have received the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the week as the inoculation programme continues at pace, business ...
Mar 17, 2021
As final votes cast, Dutch PM Rutte expected to stay in office after pandemic election
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch voters headed to voting stations en masse on Wednesday, the third and final day of a national election amid the coronavirus pandemic that is expected to return conservative...
Mar 17, 2021
Uber must do more on UK minimum wage pledge: union
LONDON (Reuters) - Uber drivers in Britain should receive the minimum wage from the time they log on until they log off from the app, two former drivers who led a successful court battle said after th...
Mar 17, 2021
