Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin's approval rating holds steady despite Navalny crackdown: poll
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nationwide protests over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a sweeping police crackdown have so far had little impact on Russia President Vladimir Put...
Feb 04, 2021
Israel says vaccine has almost halved COVID cases among over-60s
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vaccination of Israelis over the age of 60 has reduced the rate of that age group getting COVID-19 by almost half and the number of serious cases in that cohort by more than a qu...
Feb 04, 2021
Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI help
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Cameras on Google Pixel smartphones will be able to measure heart and breathing rates starting next month, in one of the first applications of Alphabet Inc's artificial inte...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. charges head of NY money manager GPB Capital with Ponzi-like fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of a New York money manager that raised $1.8 billion from investors was criminally charged on Thursday with running a Ponzi-like fraud to cover up poor performance, and d...
Feb 04, 2021
CNN President Jeff Zucker to step down at year's end
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - CNN President Jeff Zucker will leave the cable news network at the end of 2021, CNN said on Thursday. "The truth is, back in November and December, I had basically decided ...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee to be U.N. ambassador
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday backed President Joe Biden's nomination of veteran diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the U.S. a...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. factory orders beat expectations in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made goods rose more than expected in December and business spending on equipment was solid, pointing to continued strength in the manufacturing industry in ...
Feb 04, 2021
DraftKings takes $3.4M bet on Buccaneers +3.5
One of the largest single wagers in Super Bowl betting history, $3.4 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the 3.5-point spread, was placed with DraftKings in Colorado on Wednesday night. Draft...
Feb 04, 2021
Early backers of vaccine maker BioNTech in $719 million payday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German venture capital firm MIG AG, which was among the first backers of COVID-19 vaccine developer BioNTech, has paid 600 million euros ($719 million) to its investors, cashing ...
Feb 04, 2021
Pandemic upends life for Ireland's pub owners-cum-undertakers
By Clodagh Kilcoyne FETHARD, Ireland (Reuters) - As one of around 80 Irish publicans carrying on the tradition of doubling up as the local funeral director, Jasper Murphy has seen first hand how the p...
Feb 04, 2021
