Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ecuadorean indigenous protesters demand presidential vote recount
QUITO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Ecuadorean indigenous protesters arrived in the capital Quito on Tuesday to demand a recount of the Feb. 7 presidential election after official results showed indigenous ...
Feb 23, 2021
Knorr-Bremse, Lufthansa mogul Thiele dies at 79
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - German braking systems maker Knorr-Bremse said its majority shareholder Heinz Hermann Thiele, who shaped the company since buying it from his then-employer in 1985...
Feb 23, 2021
U.S. says weighing options to hold accountable Ugandan security forces over abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is looking at "a range of targeted options" to hold accountable Ugandan security forces who it deemed responsible for abuses against opposition candidates and ...
Feb 23, 2021
Musk's SpaceX raises $850 million in equity financing
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised about $850 million in equity financing, the private rocket launch service said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The private space company had ra...
Feb 23, 2021
Suriname begins coronavirus vaccination campaign with donated doses
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) - Suriname launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with a small batch of donated doses, as the South American nation seeks a steady supply of inoculations. The impo...
Feb 23, 2021
Jana Partners nominates directors at Labcorp, including Crawford
BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Jana Partners has nominated directors to the board of life sciences company Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, including Edwin "Mac" Crawford, who has a r...
Feb 23, 2021
U.S. Postal Service awards contract to Oshkosh Defense to build delivery vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it would award a multi-billion-dollar, 10-year contract to Oshkosh Defense to manufacture a new generation of postal delivery vehicles. Unde...
Feb 23, 2021
Facebook's oversight board has received appeal from 'user' in Trump ban case
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's oversight board has received a "user statement" for the case it is deciding about whether the social media company was right to indefinitely suspend f...
Feb 23, 2021
U.S. Senate backs Tom Vilsack as Biden's agriculture secretary
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday backed President Joe Biden's nominee, Tom Vilsack, to serve as secretary of agriculture. As voting continued, the 100-member Senate backed Vilsack, who w...
Feb 23, 2021
Analysis: Boeing alters course in speedy response to engine blowouts
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two years ago, after a second fatal 737 MAX crash in five months, Boeing Co worked behind the scenes to urge aviation regulators not to ground the jet. Its effor...
Feb 23, 2021
