Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EY Germany head steps down in wake of Wirecard scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - EY Germany said its head, Hubert Barth, was stepping down and announced plans for a programme to help restore trust in its work as an auditor following the collapse of payment servi...
Feb 25, 2021
Nasdaq futures slide 1% on tech sell-off; jobless claims in focus
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking the Nasdaq index fell 1% on Thursday, sliding for seven out of the last eight sessions, as investors rotated out of technology-related stocks into shares tha...
Feb 25, 2021
Japan government to end state of emergency in five prefectures at end of month: Kyodo News
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government will end a state of emergency in five prefectures west of Tokyo at the end of this month, a week earlier than scheduled, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursda...
Feb 25, 2021
Health authorities call for common approach around COVID-19 treatments: EU
(Reuters) - Europe's drugs regulator said on Thursday international cooperation over COVID-19 vaccines and treatments was required to respond to emerging variants of the virus, improve access to pregn...
Feb 25, 2021
World trade bounces back to pre-coronavirus levels: CPB monitor
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - International trade recovered at the end of 2020 to pre-coronavirus levels, making up for the sharp hit from the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of the year, Dutch economic p...
Feb 25, 2021
Czech PM says France to provide country 100,000 vaccines
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will get 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from France by mid-March, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis told CTK news agency on Thursday. Th...
Feb 25, 2021
U.S. business group, officials push for swift action on infrastructure
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, unions and elected U.S. officials are urging Congress to take speedy action to dramatically boost spending on crumbling U.S. in...
Feb 25, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State, Mexico's foreign minister to talk Friday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard will hold a virtual meeting on Friday morning, Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement...
Feb 25, 2021
EU states report offers for 900 million vaccine by 'alleged intermediaries': anti-fraud body
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Several European Union countries reported offers from "alleged intermediaries" for 900 million doses of COVID vaccines at a total asking price of some 12.7 billion euros, the bloc...
Feb 25, 2021
Klaebo leads Norway's sprint clean sweep, Sundling wins for Sweden
OBERSTDORF, Germany (Reuters) - Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo led a stunning clean sweep of the individual sprint medals for Norway at the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships on Thursday, and Jonna Sundl...
Feb 25, 2021
