Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Queen's representative in Canada quits after report into harassment: media
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Governor General Julie Payette, the representative of the country's head of state, Queen Elizabeth, quit on Thursday amid allegations of workplace harassment, domestic medi...
Jan 21, 2021
Tesla bears suffer record short-sale loss in 2020: S3 Partners
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short bets on Tesla Inc were the most unprofitable trade in 2020, as the electric automaker saw its shares surge over 740% en route to becoming the world's mo...
Jan 21, 2021
IBM beats quarterly profit estimates on cloud power
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, and said it is confident about returning to sales growth in 2021 on the back of strong dem...
Jan 21, 2021
Intel forecasts first-quarter revenue, profit above estimate as PC chip sales see some recovery
(Reuters) - Intel Corp on Thursday forecast first-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations, continuing to benefit from high demand for laptops, PCs and servers that have powered the s...
Jan 21, 2021
Vonn to make return to ski racing ... as on-air analyst
(Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn, who retired in 2019 as the most decorated female alpine skier in the world, will make her on-air debut as an analyst for this weekend's women's downhill and Super-G events in...
Jan 21, 2021
Filibuster face-off: Schumer, McConnell at loggerheads over U.S. Senate power sharing
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A standoff between new U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and the man he replaced, Republican Mitch McConnell, over a core rule of Senate o...
Jan 21, 2021
Brazil's Lula had COVID-19 while in Cuba for Oliver Stone film
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva disclosed on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus weeks ago on a trip to Cuba for a documentary directed by Ame...
Jan 21, 2021
JBS USA, Pilgrim's Pride offer $100 to employees who get COVID-19 vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. meatpacker JBS USA and chicken company Pilgrim's Pride Corp said on Thursday they will pay $100 to U.S. employees who receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The bonus is intended to enco...
Jan 21, 2021
Fed regional bank presidents given new 5-year terms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The presidents of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional banks, officials who oversee bank regulation and share duties setting monetary policy with the central bank's Washington-base...
Jan 21, 2021
Nearly 38 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 17.5 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 17,546,374 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 37,960,000 doses. T...
Jan 21, 2021
