Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Online demand powers Kohl's holiday sales, to buy back up to $300 million of shares
(Reuters) - Kohl's Corp topped estimates for holiday-quarter net sales on Tuesday, as people staying at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic bought more from the department store chain's online store. Sh...
Mar 02, 2021
Futures dip after S&P 500's best day in nine months
By Shashank Nayar and Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures retreated on Tuesday after Wall Street's strong start to March as investors closely monitored the bond market as well as progress...
Mar 02, 2021
Malaysia approves Sinovac, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for use
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday granted conditional approval for the use of vaccines made by UK firm AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac, just days after launching its nationwide COVID-19 ino...
Mar 02, 2021
Erdogan pledges stronger freedoms, rights in Turkish government plan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would strengthen freedoms of expression and organisation in the country and the right to a fair trial as part of what his gove...
Mar 02, 2021
On the COVID-19 frontline but half of French care home workers don't trust vaccine
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - Marie-France Boudret, who works in a French home for the elderly, watched a patient suffocate to death in front of her because COVID-19 had infected his lungs. B...
Mar 02, 2021
Column: What would a $15 minimum wage in U.S. mean in retirement? Plenty
By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of the many myths about the minimum wage is that it mainly helps teenagers. That is false, but also ironic - because one of the groups that would be helped most ...
Mar 02, 2021
Self-driving startup Aeva hires Waymo, Apple veteran to oversee supply chain
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Self-driving sensor startup Aeva Inc, founded by two Apple Inc alumni, has hired another former Apple executive to oversee manufacturing and supply chain operations ahead...
Mar 02, 2021
Some U.S. meatpackers announce vaccine plans, but many workers still waiting
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after c...
Mar 02, 2021
U.S. airlines remain in 'dire straits,' needs new government assistance: industry group
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a group representing major U.S. passenger airlines and a senior union official will make the case Tuesday to lawmakers for a t...
Mar 02, 2021
Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots
By Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana began its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses it received from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility aimed at provi...
Mar 02, 2021
