Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mobile bank MoneyLion to go public via blank-check merger in $2.9 billion deal
(Reuters) - Mobile banking platform MoneyLion Inc said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Fusion Acquisition Corp, in a deal that values the equity of the comb...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Becton Dickinson's combination test for COVID-19 gets FDA authorization
(Reuters) - A molecular test from Becton Dickinson that detects viruses that cause COVID-19 as well as influenza and produces result in 2-3 hours has been given emergency user authorization by the U.S...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Japan activist welcomes Olympic chief resignation, but says sexism much wider
By Rikako Maruyama TOKYO (Reuters) - The resignation of Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori will not by itself solve the problems of sexism in Japanese society, according to one of the student acti...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Last rites: Himalayan helicopter flies flood-hit villagers home to mourn
By Alasdair Pal RAINI CHAK LATA, India (Reuters) - For three days, Sushma Rana waited at a makeshift dirt helipad in the Indian Himalayas to return to her village and look for her missing brother-in-l...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Amazon sues New York attorney general to preempt a state COVID lawsuit
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Friday sued New York's attorney general to stop the state from taking legal action over its early COVID-19 response, including its firing of activist Ch...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Stock futures tick lower as energy stocks slip
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday as energy stocks declined while investors booked profits after a rally on bets of fiscal stimulus and a vaccine-fueled bounce back...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
U.S. schools, pressured to reopen in pandemic, to get new CDC guidance
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will issue new COVID-19 guidelines for schools as the Biden administration seeks to fulfill its...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Nollywood meets Bollywood in love tale 'Namaste Wahala'
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - Indian-Nigerian restaurant owner Hamisha Daryani Ahuja gave up her long-running business to pursue her dream of making movies. Two years later, the 36-year-old will se...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Dose shortages undermine push by U.S. states to speed COVID-19 vaccinations
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - When the U.S. government began shipping COVID-19 vaccines in December, state health providers could not administer shots fast enough to keep pace with deliveries and mill...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Take Five: Here comes the bull
1/GONG HEI FAT CHOY! It's the Lunar Year of the Ox. Since the same Chinese character can be used to denote a bull, some investors might see that as a good omen for world markets. Higher bond yields co...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
