Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to reopen healthcare.gov as people lose coverage amid COVID-19: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to order the nation's online insurance marketplace, healthcare.gov, to reopen for at least a few months to offer Americans a way to buy health in...
Jan 26, 2021
EU green light for $3.5 billion pan-European battery project
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Tuesday approved a 2.9-billion-euro ($3.5 billion) battery project funded by Germany, France, Italy and nine other EU countries, respo...
Jan 26, 2021
Biden stimulus plan could boost U.S. output by 5% over three years: IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Preliminary estimates show U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package could boost U.S. economic output by 5% over the next three years, the chie...
Jan 26, 2021
PepsiCo, Beyond Meat partner to develop new plant-based snacks
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc and Beyond Meat Inc said on Tuesday they would form a joint venture to develop and sell snacks and beverages made from plant-based protein. Plant-based meat alternatives, such ...
Jan 26, 2021
Doctors skeptical as Venezuela's Maduro touts coronavirus 'miracle' drug
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is promoting a "miracle" medication that he said neutralizes COVID-19 with no side effects, a claim doctors said was not backed by science. Madu...
Jan 26, 2021
Moderna says on track to deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by first quarter
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it was on track to deliver about 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the United States by the end of the first quarter of 2021, with 200 million doses ...
Jan 26, 2021
Who needs to sit next to a trader? Asset managers embrace outsourcing
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - More pension funds, insurers and asset managers are outsourcing part or all of their dealing desks to specialist traders as they seek to cut costs and adapt their op...
Jan 26, 2021
Sweden registers 9,123 new COVID-19 cases, 242 deaths since Friday
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy has placed it in the global spotlight, registered 9,123 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday....
Jan 26, 2021
Myanmar army warns may 'take action' over its election dispute
By Shoon Naing NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's army warned on Tuesday it would "take action" if an election dispute was not settled and declined to rule out staging a coup if its demands were...
Jan 26, 2021
Merkel hopes to step up work on digital tax with Biden administration
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she hoped to intensify work with the U.S. President Joe Biden's new administration on minimum taxation of digital companies. The Orga...
Jan 26, 2021
