Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google Play is unsportsmanlike, U.S. states likely to argue in potential lawsuit
By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State attorneys general are planning a third lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, this one focused on the search and advertising giant's Play St...
Jan 15, 2021
World may never find COVID patient zero, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world may never find "patient zero" in its search for the origins of COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, World Health Organization's technical lead on the disease, said on Friday. A W...
Jan 15, 2021
Spain reports record 40,197 COVID-19 cases, incidence hits new high
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reported a record 40,197 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, while the incidence of the disease as measured over the past 14 days hit a new high of 575 cases per 100,000 people, cli...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. bank regulator fines Wells Fargo's former general counsel for role in sales scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. bank regulator has fined Wells Fargo's former general counsel, James Strother, for his role in the bank's wide-ranging sales scandal. The fine announced Friday by the Off...
Jan 15, 2021
Klain says Biden has had polite talks with Senator McConnell on getting Cabinet appointed
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff Ron Klain said on Friday Biden has had polite, straightforward talks with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell about the need to get ...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. holiday sales rise 8.3% in 2020 as stimulus checks boost spending: NRF
(Reuters) - U.S. holiday sales jumped 8.3% last year to record their best growth in at least 19 years, as consumers used their stimulus checks to splurge on gifts, the National Retail Federation (NRF)...
Jan 15, 2021
UK Chief Scientific Adviser: COVID mutations may evade vaccine, but we can adapt
LONDON (Reuters) - Mutations of the novel coronavirus could theoretically get around the current vaccines, but the vaccines themselves can be adapted to new strains, Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser...
Jan 15, 2021
UK says COVID-19 cases levelling off, but hospital admissions rising
LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Britain are showing some signs of levelling off but admissions to hospital are expected to keep rising and will not begin to fall for a few weeks, England's Chi...
Jan 15, 2021
Biden chief of staff Klain says he expects 500,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths next month
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff Ron Klain said on Friday he expects the United States to hit 500,000 COVID-19 deaths next month. Klain made the comment in an onlin...
Jan 15, 2021
World is in a race with a coronavirus trying to mutate, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world is in a race with a coronavirus trying to mutate and new variants need quick and intense research, the head of the World Health Organization's Emergency Committee of indep...
Jan 15, 2021
