Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hopes and fears raised in rural West Virginia by push for $15 minimum wage
By Jason Lange and Makini Brice (Reuters) - At the Custard Stand restaurant in Webster Springs, West Virginia, Angie Cowger worries Democrats' goal of raising the hourly minimum wage to $15 would be t...
Mar 17, 2021
How a Petrobras sacking ended Bolsonaro's free-market flirtation
By Sabrina Valle, Gram Slattery and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - For many investors, President Jair Bolsonaro killed the dream of Brazil's free-market renaissance with a Friday night...
Mar 17, 2021
'Clean' investment funds less vulnerable to climate shocks, says EU watchdog
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Funds that invest in 'brown' or polluting companies would be hit far harder than environmentally-friendly 'green' funds in a climate-related market shock, the European ...
Mar 17, 2021
As Republicans attack Biden on immigration, poll shows support from their voters
By Chris Kahn and David Morgan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican voters in the United States are increasingly hostile toward illegal immigrants, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows, an unease that the Republica...
Mar 17, 2021
Judge to query jurors in George Floyd murder trial about $27 million settlement
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The judge in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in last year's arrest of George Floyd, will ask jurors on Wednesday about th...
Mar 17, 2021
Taiwan's Delta put chip orders in early, impact of shortage limited
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Delta Electronics Inc, a supplier of power components to companies such as Apple Inc, said on Wednesday it had put its orders in early and so was not seeing much impact fro...
Mar 17, 2021
Grindr must delete improperly collected data, Norway watchdog says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway should force the Grindr dating app to erase illegally gathered data, on top of a recent threat to impose a large fine, the country's influential Consumer Council said on Wednes...
Mar 17, 2021
Britain auctions mobile spectrum for 1.36 billion pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it had auctioned airwaves to support 5G mobile for a total 1.36 billion pounds ($1.89 billion), with all four major networks winning new spectrum to improv...
Mar 17, 2021
Poland reports 25,052 coronavirus cases, highest daily total this year
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported 25,052 daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to health ministry data, the highest number so far this year. In total, the country of 38 million has reported...
Mar 17, 2021
Exclusive: TikTok considers introducing group chat feature this year - sources
By Fanny Potkin and Yingzhi Yang SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putt...
Mar 17, 2021
