Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. retail sales expected to rise to more than $4.33 trillion in 2021: NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales are expected to rise between 6.5% and 8.2% to more than $4.33 trillion in 2021 as more people get vaccinated and the economy reopens, the National Retail Federation (NRF)...
Feb 24, 2021
ByteDance names new global head of R&D at TikTok: sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-based ByteDance plans to move the chief of its Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao, Zhu Wenjia, to Singapore to head global research and de...
Feb 24, 2021
Lufthansa rejects Condor allegations of market position abuse
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa on Wednesday rejected charter airline Condor's accusations that it was abusing its market position in cancelling an agreement between the two companies late last year, mon...
Feb 24, 2021
Biden administration to distribute more than 25 million masks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will deliver more than 25 million masks to community health centers, food pantries and soup kitchens from March through May as part of its battle agains...
Feb 24, 2021
Sweden steps up pandemic restrictions in bid to avoid third wave
By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on Wednesday it would reduce opening hours for all restaurants, bars and cafes as well as tighten limits on the number of people all...
Feb 24, 2021
Derailed BNSF fuel train fire in Texas nearly extinguished
(Reuters) - A BNSF Railway Company train carrying products including coal and gasoline to Houston in Texas was still burning on Wednesday, a day after it collided with a truck near Cameron, causing an...
Feb 24, 2021
UK reports over 18 million people have had first COVID vaccine shot
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 18 million people in Britain have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to official government data on Wednesday. A total of 18,242,873 people have ...
Feb 24, 2021
Powell says may take more than three years to hit Fed's inflation goal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may take more than three years to reach the Federal Reserve's inflation goals, Fed Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday, a further signal the U.S. central bank pla...
Feb 24, 2021
EU regulator says Celltrion's COVID-19 antibody drug under real-time review
(Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator said on Wednesday it was evaluating South Korean drugmaker Celltrion's COVID-19 antibody treatment, the third such drug against the disease to go under real-time re...
Feb 24, 2021
Philippines' Duterte says still undecided on future of U.S. troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has not made a decision yet on the future of the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, leaving the fate...
Feb 24, 2021
