Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MicroStrategy spends $15 million more to buy bitcoin
(Reuters) - Major bitcoin corporate backer MicroStrategy Inc said on Monday it bought another 328 bitcoin for about $15 million in cash, swelling its holdings of the cryptocurrency and sending the com...
Mar 01, 2021
Djokovic ties Federer's record for most weeks as world No.1
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer's all-time record for most weeks as ATP world number one on Monday, holding the top spot for the 310th week. Djokovic's ninth Australian Open title la...
Mar 01, 2021
Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - Judges found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in jail, with two ...
Mar 01, 2021
Mask, gloves, cake: Hungarians bake to keep ambulance staff going
SZENTENDRE, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungarians are baking for ambulance workers across the country coping with a new surge in COVID-19 infections after the founder of an online cookery group asked a frien...
Mar 01, 2021
After Australia row, Facebook signs up partners for German news product
(Reuters) - Facebook said on Monday it had signed up a string of German media partners to provide content for a local news product, in a success for the U.S. social network following a row over paymen...
Mar 01, 2021
Brazil manufacturing PMI rises in February to 58.4 from 56.5 in January: IHS Markit
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - The pace of expansion in Brazil's manufacturing sector picked up again in February after three months of deceleration, a survey of purchasing managers' activity ...
Mar 01, 2021
Ukraine throws away unused COVID-19 shots as doctors skip their own vaccinations
By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian medical facilities have thrown away some unused COVID-19 vaccines after doctors failed to show up for their own appointments to be vacci...
Mar 01, 2021
Flowserve supplying pumps, valves for Pfizer vaccine production
(Reuters) - Flowserve Corp, an American supplier of industrial machinery, said on Monday it was providing pumps, valves and seals to Pfizer Inc to support the production of its COVID-19 vaccine. The c...
Mar 01, 2021
Merck agrees $1 billion deal with Debiopharm for head and neck cancer drug
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Merck KGgA said on Monday it has agreed to pay Swiss biotech Debiopharm up to 900 million euros ($1.08 billion) to develop and commercialise Xevinapant for head and neck c...
Mar 01, 2021
First UAE ambassador arrives in Israel, eyes Tel Aviv embassy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Israel arrived there on Monday pledging to build up new bilateral relations and officials said he would scout for an embassy location...
Mar 01, 2021
