Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain's Ocado raises earnings outlook again on strong trading
LONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket Ocado Group raised its core earnings forecast for 2019-20 for the second time in two months on Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to generate hug...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 scare aboard Royal Caribbean cruise a false alarm, authorities say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and hundreds of guests to isolate, has been found ...
Dec 10, 2020
Hungary exempts three-way bank merger from competition scrutiny
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared a three-way merger to create Hungary's second-largest bank a transaction of national strategic interest, exempting the deal from competiti...
Dec 10, 2020
China revokes visa exemption treatment for U.S. diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong, Macau
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is revoking visa exemption treatment for United States diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a new...
Dec 10, 2020
French watchdog fines Google 100 million euros for breaching cookies rules
PARIS (Reuters) - French data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google 100 million euros ($121 million) for breaching rules on online trackers (cookies). The CNIL said in ...
Dec 10, 2020
UK GDP growth slows in October as COVID hit services
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economic recovery almost ground to a halt in October against a backdrop of rising coronavirus cases that dealt a blow to the hospitality s...
Dec 10, 2020
Used car platform AUTO1 drives for growth at Autohero retail arm
By Douglas Busvine and Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN (Reuters) - German used-car trading platform AUTO1 will ramp up direct auto sales to consumers next year, co-founder and CEO Christian Bertermann told ...
Dec 10, 2020
South Korea investigates fatal crash of Tesla Model X
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police are examining a Tesla Inc electric car after its driver told police it went out of control and crashed into a wall killing a passenger and injuring two other peop...
Dec 10, 2020
Blaze in Spanish squatted abandoned building kills at least two
MADRID (Reuters) - A blaze in a squatted abandoned industrial building in Badalona, a Barcelona suburb, left at least two people dead, the local firefighters said on Thursday, adding that they were st...
Dec 10, 2020
Gates Foundation pledges $250 million more for battle against COVID-19
(Reuters) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday pledged an additional $250 million to support the development of low-cost and easier to deliver treatments and vaccines against COVID-19. ...
Dec 10, 2020
