Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU says AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine production capacity in Belgium has sharply increased
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union industry commissioner Thierry Breton said on Wednesday the COVID-19 vaccine production capacity of a factory in Belgium that produced shots for AstraZeneca had "dra...
Feb 17, 2021
Czech hospitals may be overwhelmed soon, government plans re-opening retailers
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Hospitals across the Czech Republic may be overwhelmed with coronavirus patients in two or three weeks, forcing the country to seek help abroad and hospitals to select which patient...
Feb 17, 2021
IHeartMedia to buy Triton Digital from E.W. Scripps: WSJ
(Reuters) - IHeartMedia Inc has agreed to buy E.W. Scripps Co's Triton Digital for $230 million, giving the U.S. radio company access to audio advertising technology as it focuses on its podcast busin...
Feb 17, 2021
Sudan summons ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations: spokesman
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has summoned its ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations over the latest developments in the ties between both countries, a spokesman for the Sudanese foreign ministry told...
Feb 17, 2021
Saudi minister: Oil producers must remain extremely cautious
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday that it was too early to declare victory against the COVID-19 virus and that oil producers must remain "ex...
Feb 17, 2021
Burger King to sell new hand-breaded chicken sandwich in U.S
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Burger King will launch a new crispy chicken sandwich this year in the United States after successful tests, it said on Wednesday, the only major fast-food burger c...
Feb 17, 2021
Pay gap for U.S. female executives narrows but persists
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Even women who make it to the top ranks of U.S. corporations face a persistent pay gap compared with men in leadership roles, a new study of corporate filings found. ...
Feb 17, 2021
Futures muted ahead of retail sales data, Fed minutes
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Wednesday as investors stayed away from making big bets ahead of monthly retail sales data and the release of mi...
Feb 17, 2021
German vaccination programme accelerating, but variants raise stakes: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is set to speed up its vaccination programme, but even with declining case numbers the rapid spread of more infectious variants of the coronavirus means nobody should drop t...
Feb 17, 2021
Exclusive: Amazon deployed secret strategy to dodge India's regulators, documents show
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers and used th...
Feb 17, 2021
