Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lyft sells self-driving tech unit to Toyota for $550 million, moves up profit timeline
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Lyft Inc will sell its self-driving technology unit to Toyota Motor Corp in a $550 million deal, the companies said on Monday, allowing the ride-hail company to hit its prof...
Apr 26, 2021
India to receive first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine on May 1 - Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - India will receive a first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 on May 1, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with ...
Apr 26, 2021
U.S. homeland department will investigate domestic extremism in its ranks: DHS
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will initiate an internal review of possible domestic violent extremism within its ranks, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ann...
Apr 26, 2021
Vaccine pact between U.S., India, Japan and Australia 'still on track': officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cooperation between the United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners to supply up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses across Asia by the end of 2022 was 'st...
Apr 26, 2021
Free movement is main hurdle in Swiss-EU treaty talks: Swiss minister
ZURICH (Reuters) - Talks to simplify and strengthen ties between the European Union and Switzerland got stuck last week on how to interpret free movement accords, the Swiss government said on Monday a...
Apr 26, 2021
Exclusive: Space entrepreneur Max Polyakov acquires South Africa's Dragonfly satellite maker
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Max Polyakov, an ultra-wealthy entrepreneur with ambitions of building a space transportation empire, has acquired South African satellite maker Dragonfly Aerosp...
Apr 26, 2021
Impact of Apple ad tracking changes will hinge on app developers, exec says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The impact of Apple Inc's new privacy controls over digital advertising tracking is likely to depend greatly on how app developers implement a new pop-up notification, Ap...
Apr 26, 2021
French citizens, imams and police pay tribute to slain police worker
RAMBOUILLET, France (Reuters) - Hundreds of people including Muslim imams paid tribute on Monday to a female French police official stabbed to death last week by a French resident of Tunisian origin w...
Apr 26, 2021
Bitcoin hit with record weekly outflow as rally ebbs - CoinShares data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin posted a record weekly outflow, with overall sentiment on cryptocurrencies turning cautious as the digital asset's searing rally hit a wall, da...
Apr 26, 2021
Harris to lead Biden task force promoting unions, labor organizing
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Monday that will create a task force to promote labor organizing, the White House said, at a time when just o...
Apr 26, 2021
