Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Walmart plans big push to challenge Amazon on advertising
By Melissa Fares and Sheila Dang NEW YORK/ DALLAS (Reuters) - Walmart Inc plans to expand its advertising business, adding space for ads at its U.S. stores and sharing its vast trove of shopper data w...
Jan 28, 2021
Germany recommends AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot only for under 65s
BERLIN (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine should only be given to people aged between 18 and 64, Germany's vaccine committee said in a draft update to its vaccine recommendation, a day ahead o...
Jan 28, 2021
Fiennes, Mulligan unearth treasures in 'The Dig'
By Hanna Rantala (Reuters) - Carey Mulligan helps unearth a trove of ancient treasures in "The Dig" but one excavation stunt terrified the actor during filming - ensuring co-star Ralph Fiennes did not...
Jan 28, 2021
S&P, Dow futures eke out gains ahead of GDP, jobless claims data
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow index futures traded in a tight range on Thursday, ahead of data which will likely show another sharp contraction in the U.S. eco...
Jan 28, 2021
Polish protests against abortion ruling pose coronavirus infection risks, says minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's health minister said on Thursday that expected protests against a ruling restricting access to abortion will increase the risk of rising numbers of coronavirus infections. ...
Jan 28, 2021
McDonald's earnings miss estimates as Europe lockdowns squash sales
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday as a second round of lockdowns in parts of Europe hurt its business and countered the hamburger ch...
Jan 28, 2021
Northern France health agency pushes back date of some first COVID vaccination doses
PARIS (Reuters) - The Health agency for the Hauts-de-France region in northern France said it was pushing back to the first week of March the injection of the first COVID-19 vaccine doses that had bee...
Jan 28, 2021
Myanmar poll body says no election fraud after army warns of 'action'
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's election commission on Thursday rejected allegations by the country's military of vote fraud in last year's election and said there were no errors big enoug...
Jan 28, 2021
Russian court orders Kremlin critic Navalny be kept in jail, rejects his appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday ordered Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be kept in jail and rejected his appeal against his detention. Navalny was remanded in custody for 30 days on Ja...
Jan 28, 2021
EU snubs UK envoy amid spat over diplomatic status
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official cancelled a meeting set for Thursday with the UK's new envoy to Brussels amid a spat over Britain's refusal to grant the EU's envoys full diplomatic ...
Jan 28, 2021
