Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Carolina passes abortion ban, Planned Parenthood sues
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Thursday signed into law a ban on almost all abortions in the state and the women's health group Planned Parenthood followed with a ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Dollar nursing losses after jobs data mars recovery narrative; sterling buoyant
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar maintained its biggest loss in 10 days on Friday after disappointing U.S. labour market data bruised optimism for the country's speedy recovery from...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
China reveals four soldiers killed in June 2020 border clash with India
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said for the first time on Friday four Chinese soldiers died during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in June 2020, adding that the men were given posthumous...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Billiards legend 'Black Widow' battling stage-4 ovarian cancer
Billiards legend Jeanette "Black Widow" Lee announced she has stage-4 ovarian cancer and a GoFundMe page on her behalf states she has only a few months left to live. Lee, 49, was immensely popular in ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Waze's ex-CEO says app could have 'grown faster' without Google
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc's Google, the navigation app's former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant's ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Ackman details 2020 performance, names female investment team member
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose bets on companies are closely watched, updated investors on how his flagship fund earned a record 70.2% retu...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Myanmar's coup opponents welcome new British, Canadian sanctions
(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar's military coup welcomed new sanctions from Britain and Canada on Friday as protesters prepared to take to the streets for what will mark two weeks of daily demonstrat...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Short-selling under spotlight in GameStop hearing
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short selling was under the microscope on Thursday as a U.S. House committee grilled executives from trading app Robinhood and hedge funds Melvin Capital and Citad...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Study in Israel shows Pfizer vaccine 85% effective after first dose: The Lancet
(Reuters) - The first dose of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective, a study of Israeli healthcare workers published in The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
Australian news sites' traffic falls after Facebook blocks content - Chartbeat
By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Total web traffic to Australian news sites dropped by around 13% after Facebook Inc blocked their content on the social media platform this week, acc...
Thomson Reuters Feb 18, 2021
